Proverbs 26:4

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

1 Kings 12:14

and instead spoke to them following the advice of the young men. He said, “My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your burden. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”

1 Kings 12:16

So when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people responded to the king, saying, “What portion do we have in David? We also do not have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel, and see to your own house, David!” So the people of Israel departed to their tents.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so stop the contention before fighting begins.

Proverbs 23:9

Speak not in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 26:5

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

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contends with a fool, the fool rages and laughs, and there is no rest.

Isaiah 36:21

But they held their peace, and answered him not a word, for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn around and attack you.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil, or curse for curse, but on the contrary, bless, knowing that to this you are called, so that you may receive a blessing.

Jude 1:9

Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil in a dispute about the body of Moses, did not dare to pronounce upon him a railing judgment. But he said, “The Lord rebuke you!”