Do you see persons wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.
Proverbs 26:5 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Answer fools according to their folly, or they will be wise in their own eyes. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Answer a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes and conceit. [Matt. 16:1-4; 21:24-27.] American Standard Version (1901) Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit. Common English Bible Answer fools according to their folly, or they will deem themselves wise. Catholic Public Domain Version Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise. |
Do you see persons wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.
Do not answer fools according to their folly, or you will be a fool yourself.
It is like cutting off one's foot and drinking down violence, to send a message by a fool.
The rich is wise in self-esteem, but an intelligent poor person sees through the pose.
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
Ah, you who are wise in your own eyes, and shrewd in your own sight!
When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
So that you may not claim to be wiser than you are, brothers and sisters, I want you to understand this mystery: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.
That testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply, so that they may become sound in the faith,