Proverbs 26:7 CPDV

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.

⁹  In the manner of a thorn, if it were to spring up from the hand of a drunkard, so also is a parable in the mouth of the foolish.