Proverbs 26:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Answer fools according to their folly, lest they become wise in their own eyes.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:12

You see those who are 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 too become like them.

Proverbs 26:6

Those who send messages by a fool cut off their feet; they drink down violence.

Proverbs 28:11

The rich are wise in their own eyes, but the poor who are intelligent see through them.

Proverbs 3:7

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

Isaiah 5:21

Ah! Those who are wise in their own eyes, prudent in their own view!

John 8:7

But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Romans 11:25

I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not become wise [in] your own estimation: a hardening has come upon Israel in part, until the full number of the Gentiles comes in,

Romans 12:16

Have the same regard for one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly; do not be wise in your own estimation.

Titus 1:13

That testimony is true. Therefore, admonish them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,