Proverbs 26

² Don’t worry when someone curses you for no reason. Nothing bad will happen. Such words are like birds that fly past and never stop.

^4-5 There is no good way to answer fools when they say something stupid. If you answer them, then you, too, will look like a fool. If you don’t answer them, they will think they are smart.

⁶ Never let a fool carry your message. If you do, it will be like cutting off your own feet. You are only asking for trouble.

⁹ A fool trying to say something wise is like a drunk trying to pick a thorn out of his hand.

¹⁰ Hiring a fool or a stranger who is just passing by is dangerous—you don’t know who might get hurt.

¹¹ Like a dog that returns to its vomit, a fool does the same foolish things again and again.