The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet [of satisfactory delivery] and drinks the damage. [Prov. 13:17.]
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.
Sending messages with a fool is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking down violence.
Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity.
He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.
A wicked envoy falls into trouble, but a trustworthy courier brings healing.
To those who send him, a trustworthy envoy is like the coolness of snow on a harvest day; he refreshes the life of his masters.
Answer a fool according to his foolishness or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.
A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like lame legs that hang limp.
But the men who had gone up with him responded, ‘We can’t attack the people because they are stronger than we are! ’