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Proverbes 26:4

Listen to Proverbes 26:4
4 Ne réponds pas à l'insensé selon sa folie, De peur que tu ne lui ressembles toi-même.

Proverbes 26:4 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 26:4

Answer not a fool according to his folly
Sometimes a fool, or wicked man, is not to be answered at all; as the ministers of Hezekiah answered not a word to Rabshakeh; nor Jeremiah the prophet to Hananiah; nor Christ to the Scribes and Pharisees; and when an answer is returned, it should not be in his foolish way and manner, rendering evil for evil, and railing for railing, in the same virulent, lying, calumniating, and reproachful language; lest thou also be like unto him;
lest thou also, who art a man of understanding and sense, and hast passed for one among men, come under the same imputation, and be reckoned a fool like him.

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Proverbes 26:4 In-Context

2 Comme l'oiseau s'échappe, comme l'hirondelle s'envole, Ainsi la malédiction sans cause n'a point d'effet.
3 Le fouet est pour le cheval, le mors pour l'âne, Et la verge pour le dos des insensés.
4 Ne réponds pas à l'insensé selon sa folie, De peur que tu ne lui ressembles toi-même.
5 Réponds à l'insensé selon sa folie, Afin qu'il ne se regarde pas comme sage.
6 Il se coupe les pieds, il boit l'injustice, Celui qui donne des messages à un insensé.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.

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