Proverbs 26:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁵ 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

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ 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)

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

Common English Bible

⁵ Answer fools according to their folly, or they will deem themselves wise.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Respond to the foolish 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