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Proverbs 26:5-7
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5 If someone asks you a silly question, give him a silly answer.
    Then he will know that he is not as wise as he thinks he is.[a]
6 If you send a message with a fool, there will be trouble.
    It would be better to cut off your own feet!
7 A lame person cannot use his legs properly.
    A fool cannot use a proverb properly.

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Footnotes

  1. 26:5 Verses 4 and 5 seem to say opposite things. But they look at the same truth in different ways. Do not think in the same silly way that a foolish person thinks (verse 4). But also, do not let a foolish person think that he is wise when he says silly things (verse 5).
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