Proverbs 26:5 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁵ 2 Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.

Proverbs 26:5 Cross References

Proverbs 26:12

9 So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.

Proverbs 26:4

1 As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is the fool that repeateth his folly.

Proverbs 26:6

3 The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.

Proverbs 28:11

8 He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Proverbs 3:7

4 The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:

Isaiah 5:21

9 Their roaring like that of a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea they shall roar, and take hold of the prey, and they shall keep fast hold of it, and there shall be none to deliver it.

John 8:7

5 You judge according to the flesh: I judge not any man.

Romans 11:25

3 O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

Romans 12:16

For he is God's minister to thee, for good. But if thou do that which is evil, fear: for he beareth not the sword in vain. For he is God's minister: an avenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil.

Titus 1:13

Young men, in like manner, exhort that they be sober.