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Answer not a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

Answer a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes and conceit.(A)

He who sends a message by the hand of a [a]fool cuts off the feet [of satisfactory delivery] and drinks the damage.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:6 See footnote on Proverbs 14:3.

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