Bible in Basic English
"Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him."
— Proverbs 26:4, Bible in Basic English
“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.”
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.
The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.