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Proverbs 26:6

New International Reader's Version

Sending a message in the hand of a foolish person is like cutting off your feet or drinking poison.

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Those who don’t want to work hurt those who send them. They are like vinegar on the teeth or smoke in the eyes.

An evil messenger gets into trouble. But a trusted messenger brings healing.

A messenger trusted by the one who sends him is like a drink cooled by snow at harvest time. He renews the spirit of his master.

Answer a foolish person in keeping with their foolish acts. If you do not, they will be wise in their own eyes.

A proverb in the mouth of a foolish person is like disabled legs that are useless.

But the men who had gone up with him spoke. They said, “We can’t attack those people. They are stronger than we are.”