and spake 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 - Revised Version 1885 Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto 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 spake 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;
And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there be quarrelling.
Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.
If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.
not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing judgement, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.