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Like snow in summer or 1rain in harvest, so 2honor is 3not fitting for a fool.
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Like 4a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, 5a curse that is causeless does not alight.
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6A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and 7a rod for the back of fools.
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8Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
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9Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be 10wise in his own eyes.
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Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and 11drinks violence.
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Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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Like one who binds the stone in the sling is 12one who gives honor to a fool.
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Like 13a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.