Proverbs 26:5

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Summary

Proverbs 26:5

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

A fool

Lest

Romans 11:25

Conceit

Romans 12:16

General references

Luke 20:8

Bible References

A fool

Then some Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Jesus, and asked Him,

The Pharisees and the Sadducees came up, and to test Him asked Him to show them a spectacular sign from heaven.

And when He had come into the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to Him while He was teaching, and asked, "What sort of authority have you for doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Then the Pharisees went and made a plot to trap Him in argument.

Just then a man in the crowd said to Him, "Tell my brother to share with me our inheritance."

And someone asked Him, "Lord, are only a few to be saved?" And He said to them,

When the questioners persisted, Jesus straightened up and said to them, "Let the one of you who is sinless be the first one to cast a stone at her."

Again they said to him, "What did He do to you? How did He make your eyes to see again?"

Now this tendency is true. So continue correcting them severely, that they may be healthy in faith,

Lest

For to keep you from being self-conceited, brothers, I do not want to have a misunderstanding of this uncovered secret, that only temporary insensibility has come upon Israel until the full quota of the heathen peoples comes in,

Conceit

Keep on thinking in harmony with one another. Stop being high-minded but keep on associating with lowly people. Stop being conceited.

General references

Then Jesus said to them, "Nor am I going to tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do."