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


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Proverbs 26 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Proverbs 15 21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Proverbs 12 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs 13 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 8 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Proverbs 15 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Ecclesiastes 2 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Proverbs 23 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
1 Corinthians 3 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Proverbs 17 24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
2 Corinthians 11 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
Proverbs 9 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Proverbs 14 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
Proverbs 16 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Ephesians 5 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Leviticus 26 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
Proverbs 17 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Ecclesiastes 10 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
Proverbs 3 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Ecclesiastes 7 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Proverbs 15 5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Ecclesiastes 6 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Jeremiah 5 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Ecclesiastes 2 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
Job 26 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
Isaiah 5 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
1 Corinthians 3 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
Proverbs 15 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Jeremiah 4 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 10 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
1 Corinthians 3 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
1 Corinthians 4 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
Proverbs 27 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 14 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 9 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 14 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Job 40 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Proverbs 12 16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Ecclesiastes 2 16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Proverbs 10 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
1 Corinthians 10 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
Job 34 34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
Exodus 23 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Psalms 2 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Proverbs 1 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
1 Corinthians 1 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
Psalms 94 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
1 Corinthians 1 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
Leviticus 26 23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
Jeremiah 8 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?