4. Don’t answer the foolish arguments of fools,or you will become as foolish as they are.
5. Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools,or they will become wise in their own estimation.
6. Trusting a fool to convey a messageis like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!
7. A proverb in the mouth of a foolis as useless as a paralyzed leg.
8. Honoring a foolis as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.
9. A proverb in the mouth of a foolis like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.
10. An employer who hires a fool or a bystanderis like an archer who shoots at random.
11. As a dog returns to its vomit,so a fool repeats his foolishness.
12. There is more hope for foolsthan for people who think they are wise.
13. The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion on the road!Yes, I’m sure there’s a lion out there!”