Proverbs 26:5 CPDV

³  A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent.

⁴  Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him.

⁵  Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.

⁶  Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity.

⁷  In the manner of a lame man who has beautiful legs to no purpose, so also is a parable unfit for the mouth of the foolish.