Proverbs 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Note conceit: Heb. eyes
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 conceit.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- a fool
- 1 Kings 22:24–28; Jeremiah 36:17, 18; Matthew 15:1–3; Matthew 16:1–4; Matthew 21:23–27; Matthew 22:15–32; Luke 12:13–21; Luke 13:23–30; John 8:7; John 9:26–33; Titus 1:13
- lest
- Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 28:11; Romans 11:25
- conceit
- Heb. eyes.
- Isaiah 5:21; Romans 12:16