It is like cutting off one's foot and drinking down violence, to send a message by a fool.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet [of satisfactory delivery] and drinks the damage. [Prov. 13:17.]
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.
Sending messages with a fool is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking down violence.
Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity.
He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.
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.
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.
Answer fools according to their folly, or they will be wise in their own eyes.
The legs of a disabled person hang limp; so does a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
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.”