Proverbs 26:7

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly,

lest you also be like him.

Answer a fool according to his folly,

lest he be wise in his own eyes.

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool

is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

As one who binds a stone in a sling,

so is he who gives honor to a fool.

Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard,

so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As an archer who wounds all,

so is he who hires a fool

or he who hires those who pass by.