Holy Scripture
Proverbs 26:3
A church father on this verse
“The Gentiles praise Thee that Thy Word has become a mirror before them, that in it they might see death, secretly swallowing up their lives. But graven images were being adorned by their artificers; and by their adornments were disfiguring their adorners. But Thou didst draw them to Thy cross; and while the beauties o…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, So is a rod for a simple nation.
Modern
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In context
1As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, So honor is not seemly for a fool.
2As birds and sparrows fly, So a curse shall not come upon anyone without a cause.
— Proverbs 26:3 —
4Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou become like him.
5Yet answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he seem wise in his own conceit.