NASB
"Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be wise in his own eyes."
— Proverbs 26:5, NASB
“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.”
Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, So a curse without cause does not alight.
A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools.
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him.
Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be wise in his own eyes.
He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.
Like the legs which are useless to the lame, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Like one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.