Proverbs 26:3-5

Authorized (King James) Version

³A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass,
and a rod for the fool’s back.

⁴Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest thou also be like unto him.

⁵Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.