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Proverbs 26:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

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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.

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.

But the men who had gone up with him responded, ‘We can’t attack the people because they are stronger than we are! ’

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.