Proverbs 26:6-11 New Living Translation (NLT)

6. Trusting a fool to convey a messageis like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!

7. A proverb in the mouth of a foolis as useless as a paralyzed leg.

8. Honoring a foolis as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.

9. A proverb in the mouth of a foolis like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.

10. An employer who hires a fool or a bystanderis like an archer who shoots at random.

11. As a dog returns to its vomit,so a fool repeats his foolishness.

Proverbs 26