26 Like snow in summer and like ^(A)rain in harvest,
So glory is not ^(B)fitting for a fool.

³ A ^(A)whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a ^(B)rod for the back of fools.
^4 (C)Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest you yourself also be like him.
^5 (D)Answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest he be ^(E)wise in his own eyes.
⁶ He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends words by the hand of a fool.
⁷ Like the legs which hang limp on the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
⁸ Like ^[a]one who binds a stone in a sling,
So is he who gives glory to a fool.
⁹ Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
^10 [b]Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
¹¹ Like ^(F)a dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who ^(G)repeats ^[c]his folly.
¹² Do you see a man ^(H)wise in his own eyes?
^(I)There is more hope for a fool than for him.