Proverbs 26:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

Proverbs 26:5

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

1 Peter 3:9

not paying back evil for evil  or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing,  since you were called for this, so that you may inherit a blessing.

1 Kings 12:14

and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice: ‘My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.’

Proverbs 17:14

To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.

1 Kings 12:16

When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered him: What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Israel, return to your tents; David, now look after your own house! So Israel went to their tents,

Jude 1:9

Yet when Michael  the archangel  was disputing with the devil  in an argument about Moses’s  body, he did not dare utter a slanderous condemnation against him but said, ‘The Lord rebuke you! ’

Isaiah 36:21

But they kept silent; they didn’t say anything, for the king’s command was, ‘Don’t answer him.’

Matthew 7:6

Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs,   or they will trample them under their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.

Proverbs 23:9

Don’t speak to  a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise person goes to court with a fool, there will be ranting and raving but no resolution.  ,