Proverbs 26:4
Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, 2 lest you also be like him. 1
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In The King James Version
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
In Context
3A whip is for the horse, 2 a bridle for the donkey, 2 and a rod for the back of fools! 1
5Answer a fool according to his folly, 2 lest he be wise in his own eyes. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 26:5Answer a fool according to his folly, 2 lest he be wise in his own eyes. 1
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 →