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People ruin their lives by their own foolishness
    and then are angry at the Lord.

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People’s own folly corrupts their way,
    but their hearts rage against the Lord.

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Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor;
    only fools insist on quarreling.

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It is honorable to back off from a fight,
    but fools jump right in.

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20 The wise have wealth and luxury,
    but fools spend whatever they get.

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20 Precious treasure and oil stay in the home of the wise,
    but fools swallow them up.

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15 A youngster’s heart is filled with foolishness,
    but physical discipline will drive it far away.

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15 Folly is bound up in a child’s heart;
    the rod of discipline removes it.

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26 Honor is no more associated with fools
    than snow with summer or rain with harvest.

Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
    an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.

Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle,
    and a fool with a rod to his back!

Don’t answer the foolish arguments of fools,
    or you will become as foolish as they are.

Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools,
    or they will become wise in their own estimation.

Trusting a fool to convey a message
    is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!

A proverb in the mouth of a fool
    is as useless as a paralyzed leg.

Honoring a fool
    is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.

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.

12 There is more hope for fools
    than for people who think they are wise.

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26 Like snow in the summer or rain at harvest,
    so honor isn’t appropriate for a fool.
Like a darting sparrow, like a flying swallow,
    so an undeserved curse never arrives.
A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey,
    and a rod for the back of fools.
Don’t answer fools according to their folly,
    or you will become like them yourself.
Answer fools according to their folly,
    or they will deem themselves wise.
Sending messages with a fool
    is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking down violence.
As legs dangle from a disabled person,
    so does a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Like tying a stone in a sling,
    so is giving respect to a fool.
Like a thorny bush in the hand of a drunk,
    so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10 Like an archer who wounds someone randomly,
    so is one who hires a fool or a passerby.
11 Like a dog that returns to its vomit,
    so a fool repeats foolish mistakes.
12 Do you see people who consider themselves wise?
    There is more hope for a fool than for them.

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26 Those who trust their own insight are foolish,
    but anyone who walks in wisdom is safe.

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26 Those who trust in their own reasoning are fools,
    but those who walk in wisdom will be kept safe.

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11 Fools vent their anger,
    but the wise quietly hold it back.

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11 Fools show all their anger,
    but the wise hold it back.

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32 If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil,
    cover your mouth in shame.

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32 If you’ve been foolish and arrogant,
    if you’ve been scheming,
    put your hand to your mouth,

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