4. Answer not a kesil (fool) according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5. Answer a kesil (fool) according to his folly, lest he be chacham in his own eyes.
6. He that sendeth a message by the yad of a kesil (fool) cutteth off the raglayim, and drinketh chamas.
7. The legs of the pisei'ach (lame man) hang limp; so is a mashal in the peh (mouth) of kesilim.
8. As he that bindeth an even (stone) in a sling, so is he that giveth kavod to a kesil (fool).
9. As a thornbush goeth up into the yad of a shikkor, so is a mashal in the peh (mouth) of kesilim.