and spoke to them after the counsel 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 scorpions.
Proverbs 26:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Answer not a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. American Standard Version (1901) Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him. Common English Bible Don’t answer fools according to their folly, or you will become like them yourself. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him. |
and spoke to them after the counsel 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 scorpions.
When all Yisra'el saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Yishai: to your tents, Yisra'el: now see to your own house, David. So Yisra'el departed to their tents.
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no shalom.
But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king's mitzvah was, *Don't answer him.*
*Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.
But Mikha'el, the chief angel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moshe, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, *May the Lord rebuke you!*