Proverbs 26:4-7 Good News Bible (GNB)

4. If you answer a silly question, you are just as silly as the person who asked it.

5. Give a silly answer to a silly question, and the one who asked it will realize that he's not as clever as he thinks.

6. If you let a fool deliver a message, you might as well cut off your own feet; you are asking for trouble.

7. A fool can use a proverb about as well as crippled people can use their legs.

Proverbs 26