“ Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.a ”
Two sides of a truth. To “answer a fool according to his folly” is in Proverbs 26:4 to bandy words with him, to descend to his level of coarse anger and vile abuse; in Proverbs 26:5 it is to sa...
Answer a fool (b) according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. (b) Reprove him as the matter requires.
The Book of Fools. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2 ). The text is unusually corrupt and defective. Proverbs 26:1 . For the opposit...
conceit . eyes.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Answer not a fool, &c.— They who choose to review antiquity, in its antique garb, will observe, that had the folly of these fools been only of one condition or denomination, then the advice to...
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. The former verse forbids to answer a fool f...
Fools. Sluggards. Talkers 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools.
Answer a fool according to his folly. — As his folly deserves, sharply and decisively, and in language suited to his comprehension.
CHAPTER 27 THE FOOL "As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool ac...
Verse Proverbs 26:2 . Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm. Verses Proverbs 26:3-12 . In this group of proverbs the fool is the su...
Answer a fool according to his folly ,.... The Targum is, "but speak with a fool in thy wisdom;'' and the Syriac version, "yea, speak with a fool according to thy wisdom;'' which would at once r...
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. Ver. 5. Answer a fool according to his folly. ] Cast in somewhat that may sting him, and stop his mouth. Stone him with so...
Answer not a fool , &c. Answer a fool , &c. These contrary directions are easily reconciled, by considering the difference of persons, times, places, and other circumstances, and of the man...
THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to the truth, beginning with foolishness and ending with hatred...
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. See here the noble security...
According to his folly; so as his folly needs and requires, convincing him strongly, reproving him sharply, exposing him to just shame, and correcting him with a rod, when he deserves it, and thou...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 26:3 . To our English ideas, the whip and bridle are assigned respectively to the wrong animals, but it must be remembered that the Eastern ass is often quite as spirite...
Proverbs 26:1 . As snow in summer, which beats down the fruits; and as rain in harvest, which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is honour incongruous to a fool. He shames his laurels, he w...
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool Honour paid to the wicked unseemly and pernicious The respect which man pays his fellow is often grounded on reaso...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 26:1-20 Certain proverbs concerning the fool ( kesil ), with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22 ). Proverbs 26:1 As snow in summe...
Concerning Fools and Sluggards
1 Kings 22:24-28 ; Isaiah 5:21 ; Jeremiah 36:17 ; Jeremiah 36:18 ; John 8:7 ; John 9:26-33 ; Luke 12:13-21 ; Luke 13:23-30 ; Matthew 15:1-3 ; Matthew 16:1-4 ; Matthew 21:23-27 ; Matthew 2...
According — So as his folly needs and requires, convincing him strongly, reproving him sharply, and exposing him to just shame.