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Proverbs 26:4

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 26:4 in other translations

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

Proverbs 26:4 · World English Bible

Proverbs 26:4 in context

  1. 2As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
  2. 3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
  3. 4Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.
  4. 5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.
  5. 6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.