Proverbs 26:5

All About Fools

⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou. ⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes. ⁶ He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

According to His Folly

Answer a Fool According to His Folly

Foolish Man

Proverbs 28:11

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

Matthew 16:1-4

And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,

Romans 12:16

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

1 Kings 22:24-28

And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah draweth nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, 'Where is this -- he hath passed over -- the Spirit of Jehovah -- from me to speak with thee?'

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

Proverbs 26:4

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou.

Proverbs 26:12

Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!

Isaiah 5:21

Woe to the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent!

Jeremiah 36:17-18

And they asked Baruch, saying, 'Declare, we pray thee, to us, how didst thou write all these words -- from his mouth?'

Matthew 15:1-3

Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying,

Matthew 21:23-27

And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, 'By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?'

Matthew 22:15-32

Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words,

Luke 12:13-21

And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, 'Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'

Luke 13:23-30

and a certain one said to him, 'Sir, are those saved few?' and he said unto them,

John 8:7

and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, 'The sinless of you -- let him first cast the stone at her;'

John 9:26-33

And they said to him again, 'What did he to thee? how did he open thine eyes?'

Romans 11:25

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret -- that ye may not be wise in your own conceits -- that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;

Titus 1:13

this testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,