Proverbs 26:5

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 22:15-32; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 28:11; Romans 11:25; Romans 12:16; Titus 1:13

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 an...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Answer a fool (b) according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. (b) Reprove him as the matter requires.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Book of Fools. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2 ). The text is unusually corrupt a...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

conceit . eyes.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 co...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Fools. Sluggards. Talkers 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Answer a fool according to his folly. — As his folly deserves, sharply and decisively, and in language suited to his comprehension.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 ma...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Answer not a fool , &c. Answer a fool , &c. These contrary directions are easily reconciled, by considering the difference of persons, time...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

According to his folly; so as his folly needs and requires, convincing him strongly, reproving him sharply, exposing him to just shame, and correct...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 26:3 . To our English ideas, the whip and bridle are assigned respectively to the wrong animals, but it must be remembe...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 wh...
The Biblical Illustrator

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back. Aspects of a fool Sin is folly. It sacrifices the spiritual for the...
The Biblical Illustrator

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him Answering a fool according to his folly The ambiguity in these verse...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 26:1-20 Certain proverbs concerning the fool ( kesil ), with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Prov...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concerning Fools and Sluggards
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Answer a fool according to his folly, a sharp and decisive answer being framed to meet foolish remarks, lest he be wise in his own conceit, filled...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

According — So as his folly needs and requires, convincing him strongly, reproving him sharply, and exposing him to just shame.

⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.a

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 26:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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