Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.


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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.
Leviticus 19 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Leviticus 26 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
Deuteronomy 1 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Deuteronomy 25 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
1 Samuel 12 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
2 Chronicles 6 23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
Job 4 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Job 5 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 5 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 9 14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
Job 9 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
Job 11 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Job 11 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job 11 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Job 15 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 15 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 15 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 15 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job 16 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job 26 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
Job 28 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 32 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 33 5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
Job 34 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Job 34 4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
Job 34 10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Job 34 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Job 34 33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
Job 34 34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
Job 35 4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
Job 36 21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Job 38 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Job 40 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Psalms 2 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psalms 5 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psalms 20 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
Psalms 32 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms 33 10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
Psalms 35 23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 38 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms 39 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 39 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Psalms 49 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 49 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
Psalms 75 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalms 92 6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.