Proverbs 26:6 CPDV

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.

⁸  Just like one who casts a stone into the pile of Mercury, so also is he who gives honor to the foolish.