Proverbs 26:1-12

¶ As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

¶ As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

¶ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

¶ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

¶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.

The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.

[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

¶ The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

¶ As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.

¶ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.