Proverbs 17:12
New Living Translation
12 It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than to confront a fool caught in foolishness.
Proverbs 17:12
Living Bible
12 It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool caught in his folly.
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Proverbs 23:9
New Living Translation
9 Don’t waste your breath on fools,
for they will despise the wisest advice.
Proverbs 23:9
Living Bible
9 Don’t waste your breath on a rebel. He will despise the wisest advice.
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Proverbs 26:4-11
New Living Translation
4 Don’t answer the foolish arguments of fools,
or you will become as foolish as they are.
5 Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools,
or they will become wise in their own estimation.
6 Trusting a fool to convey a message
is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!
7 A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is as useless as a paralyzed leg.
8 Honoring a fool
is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.
9 A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.
10 An employer who hires a fool or a bystander
is like an archer who shoots at random.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool repeats his foolishness.
Proverbs 26:4-11
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4-5 When arguing with a rebel, don’t use foolish arguments as he does, or you will become as foolish as he is! Prick his conceit with silly replies![a]
6 To trust a rebel to convey a message is as foolish as cutting off your feet and drinking poison!
7 In the mouth of a fool a proverb becomes as useless as a paralyzed leg.
8 Honoring a rebel will backfire like a stone tied to a slingshot!
9 A rebel will misapply an illustration so that its point will no more be felt than a thorn in the hand of a drunkard.
10 The master may get better work from an untrained apprentice than from a skilled rebel!
11 As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
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- Proverbs 26:4 Prick his conceit with silly replies, implied; literally, “Reply to a fool as his folly requires.”
Proverbs 27:22
New Living Translation
22 You cannot separate fools from their foolishness,
even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.
Proverbs 27:22
Living Bible
22 You can’t separate a rebel from his foolishness though you crush him to powder.
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Proverbs 29:9
New Living Translation
9 If a wise person takes a fool to court,
there will be ranting and ridicule but no satisfaction.
Proverbs 29:9
Living Bible
9 There’s no use arguing with a fool. He only rages and scoffs, and tempers flare.
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