Proverbs 26:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ Answer fools according to their folly, lest they be wise in their 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

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another; do not be arrogant, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.

Proverbs 28:11

The rich is wise in self-esteem, but an intelligent poor person sees through the pose.

Titus 1:13

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

Romans 11:25

I want you to understand this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not claim to be wiser than you are: a hardening has come upon part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles has come in.

John 8:7

When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Proverbs 26:12

Do you see people wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.

Proverbs 26:4

Do not answer fools according to their folly, lest you be a fool yourself.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

Isaiah 5:21

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and shrewd in their own sight!

Proverbs 26:6

It is like cutting off one’s foot and drinking down violence, to send a message by a fool.