Proverbs 26:5
Answere thou a fool bi his fooli, lest he seme to him silf to be wijs.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
In Context
4Answere thou not to a fool bi his foli, lest thou be maad lijk hym.
6An haltinge man in feet, and drinkinge wickidnesse, he that sendith wordis by a fonned messanger.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:7Be thou not wijs anentis thi silf; drede thou God, and go awei fro yuel.
Proverbs 26:12Thou hast seyn a man seme wijs to hym silf; an vnkunnyng man schal haue hope more than he.
Isaiah 5:21Wo to you that ben wise men in youre iyen, and ben prudent bifor you silf.
Matthew 15:1Thanne the scribis and the Farisees camen to hym fro Jerusalem, and seiden,
Matthew 21:23And whanne he cam in to the temple, the princis of prestis and elder men of the puple camen to hym that tauyte, and seiden, In what power doist thou these thingis? and who yaf thee this power?
Luke 12:13And oon of the puple seide to hym, Maystir, seie to my brothir, that he departe with me the eritage.