THEOSISProverbs 26:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
עֲנֵ֣ה כְ֭סִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹ פֶּן־יִהְיֶ֖ה חָכָ֣ם בְּעֵינָֽיו׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Matt 16:1And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.
- Matt 16:4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. And he left them, and went away.
- Rom 12:16Being of one mind one towards another. Not minding high things, but consenting to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.
- Prov 28:11The rich man seemeth to himself wise: but the poor man that is prudent shall search him out.
- John 8:7When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
- Rom 11:25For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery (lest you should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in.
- Prov 3:7Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:
- Prov 26:12Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.