- Prayer and Worship - Beliefs and Teachings - Issues and Action
- Catholic Giving - About USCCB 1Like snow in summer, like rain
in harvest, honor for a fool is out of place.* 2Like the sparrow
in its flitting, like the swallow in its flight, a curse
uncalled-for never lands.* 3The whip for the horse, the bridle
for the ass, and the rod for the back of fools.a 4* Do not
answer fools according to their folly, lest you too become like
them. 5Answer fools according to their folly, lest they become
wise in their own eyes. 6Those who send messages by a fool cut
off their feet; they drink down violence. 7* A proverb in the
mouth of a fool hangs limp, like crippled legs. 8Giving honor to
a fool is like entangling a stone in the sling. 9A thorn stuck
in the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10An archer wounding all who pass by is anyone who hires a
drunken fool. 11As dogs return to their vomit, so fools repeat
their folly.b 12You see those who are wise in their own eyes?
There is more hope for fo