26 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,
so honour is not seemly for a fool.

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass,
and a rod for the fool’s back.

⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest thou also be like unto him.

⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own conceit.

⁶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

⁷ The legs of the lame are not equal:
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

⁸ As he that bindeth a stone in a sling,
so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

⁹ As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

¹⁰ The great God that formed all things
both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

¹¹ As a dog returneth to his vomit,
so a fool returneth to his folly.

¹² Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?
there is more hope of a fool than of him.