Proverbs 26:4 meaning and explanation
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
Proverbs 26:4, Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 26:4 comes from a collection of Solomon's proverbs on the fool, the slacker, the gossip and the quarrelsome. Here the teacher warns that answering a fool on his own terms, matching his mocking tone or trading insults, drags the responder down to his level.
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