Proverbs 27

3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden,
    but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

¹¹ Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;
    then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.

¹² The prudent see danger and take refuge,
    but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

 ²² Though you grind a fool in a mortar,

    grinding them like grain with a pestle,
    you will not remove their folly from them.