Proverbs 26:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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

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

Proverbs 26:4

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.

Proverbs 26:6

He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

Proverbs 28:11

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.

Proverbs 3:7

Be not 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!

John 8:7

And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Romans 11:25

Lest you be wise in your own conceits, I want you to understand this mystery, brethren: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in,

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; never be conceited.

Titus 1:13

This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,