Catholic Public Domain Version
"Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise."
— Proverbs 26:5, Catholic Public Domain 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 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.”
Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.
A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent.
Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him.
Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity.
In the manner of a lame man who has beautiful legs to no purpose, so also is a parable unfit for the mouth of the foolish.
Just like one who casts a stone into the pile of Mercury, so also is he who gives honor to the foolish.