Proverbs 26:4

New King James Version

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:14

and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!”

1 Kings 12:16

Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying: “What share have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now, see to your own house, O David!” So Israel departed to their tents.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like releasing water; Therefore stop contention before a quarrel starts.

Proverbs 23:9

Do not speak 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 foolish man, Whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no peace.

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 cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

1 Peter 3:9

not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

Jude 1:9

Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”