Proverbs 26:9 CPDV

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.

¹⁰  Judgment determines cases. And whoever imposes silence on the foolish mitigates anger.

¹¹  Like a dog that returns to his vomit, so also is the imprudent who repeats his foolishness.