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Proverbs 26:4
Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.
Proverbs 26:4 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 26:4 in other translations
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
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In context
1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.
2 As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.
7 The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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