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

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

⁴ ¶ Never answer a fool according to his folly lest thou also be like unto him.

⁵ Answer the fool showing him his folly lest he be wise in his own conceit.

⁶ ¶ He that gives responsibility to one who is not able to carry it out is like him that sends a message by the hand of a fool, and he shall drink the damage.

⁷ Like unto the way that the one who is lame walks, so is a proverb in the mouth of the fool.

⁸ As he that binds the stone in the sling, so is he that gives honour to a fool.

⁹ As thorns sunk into the hand of one who is drunk, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

¹⁰ ¶ The great God that formed all things rewards both the fool and transgressors.

¹¹ ¶ As a dog returns to his vomit, so the fool returns to his folly.

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