Proverbs 26:4
Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also become like to him.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
In Context
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of the fool.
5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Cross References
Proverbs 26:5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.
1 Peter 2:21For to this ye were called; because even Christ suffered for us, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps;
Jude 1:9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the Devil he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a railing accusation, but said: The Lord rebuke thee.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:4
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. Here, 1. Wicked men are compared to the horse and the ass, so brutish are they, so unreasonable, so unruly, and not to be governed but by force or fear, so low has sin sunk men, so much below themselves. Man indeed is born like the wild ass's colt, but as some by the grace of God are changed, and become rational, so others by custom in sin are hardened, and become more and more sottish, as the horse and the mule, Ps. xxxii. 9 . 2.… Read the whole commentary →