A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

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

Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.

Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The one who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will escape.

A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.

Do you see someone who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

I will listen to what God the Lord says. For he will make peace with his people, his faithful followers. Yet they must not return to their foolish ways.

When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw this, they were greatly disheartened. They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.