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Proverbs 26:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Those who send messages by a fool cut off their feet; they drink down violence.

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As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, are sluggards to those who send them.

A wicked messenger brings on disaster, but a trustworthy envoy is a healing remedy.

Like the coolness of snow in the heat of the harvest are faithful messengers for those who send them, lifting the spirits of their masters.

Answer fools according to their folly, lest they become wise in their own eyes.

A proverb in the mouth of a fool hangs limp, like crippled legs.

But the men who had gone up with him said, “We cannot attack these people; they are too strong for us.”