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Proverbs 17:12

Let a person meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his foolishness.

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Proverbs 23:9

Do not speak to be heard by a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

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Proverbs 26:4

Do not answer a fool according to his foolishness, Or you will also be like him.

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Proverbs 26:5

Answer a fool as his foolishness deserves, So that he will not be wise in his own eyes.

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Proverbs 26:6

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool Chops off his own feet and drinks violence.

Proverbs 26:7

Like useless legs to one who cannot walk, So is a proverb in the mouths of fools.

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Proverbs 26:8

Like one who binds a stone in a sling, So is one who gives honor to a fool.

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Proverbs 26:9

Like a thorn that sticks in the hand of a heavy drinker, So is a proverb in the mouths of fools.

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Proverbs 26:10

Like an archer who wounds everyone, So is one who hires a fool or hires those who pass by.

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Proverbs 26:11

Like a dog that returns to its vomit, So is a fool who repeats his foolishness.

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Proverbs 27:22

Though you pound the fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, His foolishness still will not leave him.

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Proverbs 29:9

When a wise person has a controversy with a foolish person, The foolish person either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.

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