Bible in Basic English
"A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish."
— Proverbs 26:3, Bible in Basic English
“A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!”
Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.
As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.
A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.
Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.