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Proverbs 26:1-6 English Standard Version (ESV)

1. Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,so honor is not fitting for a fool.

2. Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.

3. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,and a rod for the back of fools.

4. Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest you be like him yourself.

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

6. Whoever sends a message by the hand of a foolcuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

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