Verse 4

Answer{H6030} not a fool{H3684} according to his folly,{H200} Lest thou also be like{H7737} unto him.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 12:1-6 : 1 And the men{H376} of Ephraim{H669} were gathered together,{H6817} and passed{H5674} northward;{H6828} and they said{H559} unto Jephthah,{H3316} Wherefore passedst thou over{H5674} to fight{H3898} against the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} and didst not call{H7121} us to go{H3212} with thee? we will burn{H8313} thy house{H1004} upon thee with fire.{H784} 2 And Jephthah{H3316} said{H559} unto them, I and my people{H5971} were{H1961} at great{H3966} strife{H376} with the children{H1121} of Ammon;{H5983} and when I called{H2199} you, ye saved{H3467} me not out of their hand.{H3027} 3 And when I saw{H7200} that ye saved{H3467} me not, I put{H7760} my life{H5315} in my hand,{H3709} and passed over{H5674} against the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} and Jehovah{H3068} delivered{H5414} them into my hand:{H3027} wherefore then are ye come up{H5927} unto me this day,{H3117} to fight{H3898} against me? 4 Then Jephthah{H3316} gathered together{H6908} all the men{H582} of Gilead,{H1568} and fought{H3898} with Ephraim;{H669} and the men{H582} of Gilead{H1568} smote{H5221} Ephraim,{H669} because they said,{H559} Ye are fugitives{H6412} of Ephraim,{H669} ye Gileadites,{H1568} in the midst{H8432} of Ephraim,{H669} [and] in the midst{H8432} of Manasseh.{H4519} 5 And the Gileadites{H1568} took{H3920} the fords{H4569} of the Jordan{H3383} against the Ephraimites.{H669} And it was so, that, when [any of] the fugitives{H6412} of Ephraim{H669} said,{H559} Let me go over,{H5674} the men{H582} of Gilead{H1568} said{H559} unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite?{H673} If he said,{H559} Nay; 6 then said{H559} they unto him, Say{H559} now Shibboleth;{H7641} and he said{H559} Sibboleth;{H5451} for he could not frame{H3559} to pronounce{H1696} it right:{H3559} then they laid{H270} hold on him, and slew{H7819} him at the fords{H4569} of the Jordan.{H3383} And there fell{H5307} at that time{H6256} of Ephraim{H669} forty{H705} and two{H8147} thousand.{H505}
  • 2 Sam 19:41-43 : 41 And, behold, all the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} came{H935} to the king,{H4428} and said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} Why have our brethren{H251} the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} stolen thee away,{H1589} and brought{H5674} the king,{H4428} and his household,{H1004} over the Jordan,{H3383} and all David's{H1732} men{H582} with him? 42 And all the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} answered{H6030} the men{H376} of Israel,{H3478} Because the king{H4428} is near of kin{H7138} to us: wherefore then are ye angry{H2734} for this matter?{H1697} have we eaten{H398} at all{H398} at the king's{H4428} cost? or hath he given{H5375} us any gift?{H5379} 43 And the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} answered{H6030} the men{H376} of Judah,{H3063} and said,{H559} We have ten{H6235} parts{H3027} in the king,{H4428} and we{H589} have also more [right] in David{H1732} than ye: why then did ye despise{H7043} us, that our advice{H1697} should not be first{H7223} had in bringing back{H7725} our king?{H4428} And the words{H1697} of the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} were fiercer{H7185} than the words{H1697} of the men{H376} of Israel.{H3478}
  • 1 Kgs 12:14 : 14 and spake{H1696} to them after the counsel{H6098} of the young men,{H3206} saying,{H559} My father{H1} made{H3513} your yoke{H5923} heavy,{H3513} but I will add{H3254} to your yoke:{H5923} my father{H1} chastised{H3256} you with whips,{H7752} but I will chastise{H3256} you with scorpions.{H6137}
  • 1 Kgs 12:16 : 16 And{H7725} when all Israel{H3478} saw{H7200} that the king{H4428} hearkened{H8085} not unto them, the people{H5971} answered{H1697} the king,{H4428} saying,{H559} What portion{H2506} have we in David?{H1732} neither have we inheritance{H5159} in the son{H1121} of Jesse:{H3448} to your tents,{H168} O Israel:{H3478} now see{H7200} to thine own house,{H1004} David.{H1732} So Israel{H3478} departed{H3212} unto their tents.{H168}
  • 2 Kgs 14:8-9 : 8 Then Amaziah{H558} sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} to Jehoash,{H3060} the son{H1121} of Jehoahaz{H3059} son{H1121} of Jehu,{H3058} king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} Come,{H3212} let us look{H7200} one another in the face.{H6440} 9 And Jehoash{H3060} the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} sent{H7971} to Amaziah{H558} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} saying,{H559} The thistle{H2336} that was in Lebanon{H3844} sent{H7971} to the cedar{H730} that was in Lebanon,{H3844} saying,{H559} Give{H5414} thy daughter{H1323} to my son{H1121} to wife:{H802} and there passed{H5674} by a wild{H7704} beast{H2416} that was in Lebanon,{H3844} and trod down{H7429} the thistle.{H2336} 10 Thou hast indeed{H5221} smitten{H5221} Edom,{H123} and thy heart{H3820} hath lifted thee up:{H5375} glory{H3513} thereof, and abide{H3427} at home;{H1004} for why shouldest thou meddle{H1624} to [thy] hurt,{H7451} that thou shouldest fall,{H5307} even thou, and Judah{H3063} with thee?
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning{H7225} of strife{H4066} is [as] when one letteth out{H6362} water:{H4325} Therefore leave off{H5203} contention,{H7379} before{H6440} there is quarrelling.{H1566}
  • Prov 26:5 : 5 Answer{H6030} a fool{H3684} according to his folly,{H200} Lest he be wise{H2450} in his own conceit.{H5869}
  • Isa 36:21 : 21 But they held their peace,{H2790} and answered{H6030} him not a word;{H1697} for the king's{H4428} commandment{H4687} was, saying,{H559} Answer{H6030} him not.
  • 1 Pet 2:21-23 : 21 For{G1063} {G1519} hereunto{G5124} were ye called:{G2564} because{G3754} Christ{G5547} also{G2532} suffered{G3958} for{G5228} you,{G2257} leaving{G5277} you{G2254} an example,{G5261} that{G2443} ye should follow{G1872} his{G846} steps:{G2487} 22 who{G3739} did{G4160} no{G3756} sin,{G266} neither{G3761} was{G2147} guile{G1388} found{G2147} in{G1722} his{G846} mouth:{G4750} 23 who,{G3739} when he was reviled,{G3058} reviled{G486} not{G3756} again;{G486} when he suffered{G3958} threatened{G546} not;{G3756} but{G1161} committed{G3860} [himself] to him that judgeth{G2919} righteously:{G1346}
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 not{G3361} rendering{G591} evil{G2556} for{G473} evil,{G2556} or{G2228} reviling{G3059} for{G473} reviling;{G3059} but{G1161} contrariwise{G5121} blessing;{G2127} for{G1492} {G3754} hereunto{G1519} {G5124} were{G2564} ye called,{G2564} that{G3754} ye should inherit{G2816} a blessing.{G2129}
  • Jude 1:9 : 9 But{G1161} Michael{G3413} the archangel,{G743} when{G3753} contending{G1252} with the devil{G1228} he disputed{G1256} about{G4012} the body{G4983} of Moses,{G3475} durst{G5111} not{G3756} bring against him{G2018} a{G2920} railing{G988} judgment,{G2920} but{G235} said,{G2036} The Lord{G2962} rebuke{G2008} thee.{G4671}