Proverbs 26:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

It is like cutting off one’s foot and drinking down violence, to send a message by a fool.

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Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest are faithful messengers to those who send them; they refresh the spirit of their masters.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers.

A bad messenger brings trouble, but a faithful envoy, healing.

Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against this people, for they are stronger than we.”

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

The legs of a lame person hang limp; so does a proverb in the mouth of a fool.