Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 26:5
Proverbs 26:5 contradicts following 10 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of Proverbs 26:5 for quick understanding.
Proverbs 26:5: Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. [conceit: Heb. eyes]
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 Samuel 25:25 | Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, [even] Nabal: for as his name [is], so [is] he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. [regard: Heb. lay it to his heart] [Nabal: that is, Fool] |
| 2. | 2 Kings 14:9 | And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that [was] in Lebanon sent to the cedar that [was] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that [was] in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. |
| 3. | Proverbs 17:12 | Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. |
| 4. | Proverbs 23:9 | Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. |
| 5. | Proverbs 26:3 | A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. |
| 6. | Proverbs 26:4 | Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. |
| 7. | Proverbs 29:9 | [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest. |
| 8. | Matthew 10:16 | Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. [harmless: or, simple] |
| 9. | Luke 20:23 | But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? |
| 10. | Titus 3:9 | But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. |
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