Proverbs 26:1-5 ▼

1 Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a [shortsighted] fool.

2 Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying, So the curse without cause does not come and alight [on the undeserving].

3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the backs of fools [who refuse to learn].

4 Do not answer [nor pretend to agree with the frivolous comments of] a [closed-minded] fool according to his folly, Otherwise you, even you, will be like him.

5 Answer [and correct the erroneous concepts of] a fool according to his folly, Otherwise he will be wise in his own eyes [if he thinks you agree with him].