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Proverbs 17:12 (Listen)

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12 Let a man meet ca she-bear robbed of her cubs

drather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 23:9 (Listen)

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9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,

for he will despise the good sense of your words.

Proverbs 26:4-11 (Listen)

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4 bAnswer not a fool according to his folly,

lest you be like him yourself.

5 cAnswer a fool according to his folly,

lest he be dwise in his own eyes.

6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool

cuts off his own feet and edrinks violence.

7 Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless,

is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

8 Like one who binds the stone in the sling

is fone who gives honor to a fool.

9 Like ga thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard

is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

10 Like an archer who wounds everyone

is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.1

11 Like ha dog that returns to his vomit

is ia fool who repeats his folly.

Proverbs 27:22 (Listen)

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22 xCrush a fool in a mortar with a pestle

along with crushed grain,

yet his folly will not depart from him.

Proverbs 29:9 (Listen)

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9 If a wise man has an argument with a fool,

the fool only rages and laughs, and there is pno quiet.