Proverbs 26:4

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

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Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

BSB

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

KJV

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

ASV

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

BBE

Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

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Matthew Henry · Verses 4–5

We are to fit our remarks to the man, and address them to his conscience, so as may best end the debate.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.