Proverbs 26:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Answer a fool according to his foolishness or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Answer a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes and conceit. [Matt. 16:1-4; 21:24-27.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Answer fools according to their folly, or they will deem themselves wise.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.

Proverbs 26:5 Cross References

Proverbs 26:12

Do you see a person who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 26:4

Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness or you’ll be like him yourself.

Proverbs 26:6

The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

Proverbs 28:11

A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but a poor one who has discernment sees through him.

Proverbs 3:7

Don’t be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

Isaiah 5:21

Woe to those who consider themselves wise and judge themselves clever.  ,

John 8:7

When they persisted in questioning him, he stood up and said to them, ‘The one without sin   among you   should be the first to throw a stone at her.’

Romans 11:25

I don’t want you to be ignorant  of this mystery,  brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited:  A partial hardening has come upon Israel  until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another.  Do not be proud;  instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

Titus 1:13

This testimony is true.  For this reason, rebuke them sharply,  so that they may be sound in the faith