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Proverbs 26:6

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Never let a fool carry your message. If you do, it will be like cutting off your own feet. You are asking for trouble.

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A messenger that can be trusted is worth much to the people who send him. He is like cool water during the hot days of harvest.

Never let a lazy man do something for you. He will irritate you—like vinegar in your mouth or smoke in your eyes.

If a messenger cannot be trusted, then there will be trouble around him. But if a person can be trusted, then there will be peace.

But the men that had gone with him said, “We can’t fight those people! They are much stronger than we are.”

But if a fool asks a stupid question, then you should give him a stupid answer or he will think he is very smart.

When a fool tries to say something wise, it is like a crippled person trying to walk.