⁴ Do not answer a fool according to his folly
    lest you become like him—even you.
⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly,
    or else he will be wise in his own eyes.

¹⁷ Grabbing onto the ears of a dog
    passing by is one who meddles in a quarrel that is not his own.

²⁰ For lack of wood, a fire goes out,
    and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.
²¹ As charcoal is to hot embers and wood is to fire,
    so a man of quarrels is to kindling strife.

²² A man of anger will stir strife,
    and the owner of anger, much transgression.

³³ For pressing milk produces curd,
    and pressing the nose produces blood,
    so pressing anger^[a] produces strife.