American Standard Version
"Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit. "
— Proverbs 26:5, American Standard Version
“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.”
“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.”
“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.”
“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.”
“Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.”
“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.”
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.
The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.