Proverbs 26:4

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Proverbs 26:5

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

1 Kings 12:14

he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “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 scorpions.”

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

1 Kings 12:16

And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, “What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.” So Israel went to their tents.

Jude 1:9

But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”

Isaiah 36:21

But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.”

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

Proverbs 23:9

Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.