Verse 5

but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:11 : 11 The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse, but the poore that hath vnderstondinge, ca perceaue him wel ynough.
  • Matt 16:1-4 : 1 Then came the Pharises & Saduces vnto him, & tepted him, requyringe him to shewe the a toke from heaue. 2 But he answered, & sayde: At eue ye saye: It wil be fayre wedder. for ye sskye is reed. 3 And in ye mornynge, ye saye: It wil be foule wedder to daye, for the sskye is reed, & gloometh. O ye ypocrytes, ye can discerne the fashion of ye sskye: can ye not the discerne the tokes of these tymes also? 4 This euell and aduouterous generacio seketh a toke, & there shal no toke be geue the, but the toke of ye prophet Ionas. So he left the, and departed.
  • Rom 12:16 : 16 Be of one mynde amonge youre selues. Be not proude in youre awne consaytes, but make youre selues equall to them of ye lowe sorte. Be not wyse in youre awne opinions
  • Titus 1:13 : 13 This witnesse is true. Wherfore rebuke them sharply, yt they maye be sounde in the faith,
  • Matt 21:23-27 : 23 And when he was come in to the teple, the chefe prestes and the elders of the people came vnto him (as he was teachinge) & sayde: By what auctorite doest thou these thinges? and who gaue the this auctorite? 24 Iesus answered and sayde vnto them: I wil axe a worde of you also: which yf ye tell me, I in like wyse wyl tell you, by what auctorite I do these thinges. 25 The baptime of Iho, whece was it? from heaue, or of men? Then thought they amoge them selues, and saide: Yf we saye it was from heaue, then shal he saye vnto us: Why dyd ye not then beleue him? 26 But yf we saye it was of men, the feare we the people: For euery ma helde Ihon for a prophet. 27 And they answered Iesus, & sayde: We can not tell. Then sayde he vnto them: Nether tell I you, by what auctorite I do these thinges.
  • Matt 22:15-32 : 15 Then wente the Pharises, and toke councell, how they might tangle him in his wordes, 16 and sent vnto him their disciples with Herodes officers, and sayde: Master, we knowe that thou art true, and teachest the waye of God truly, and carest for no ma: for thou regardest not the outwarde appearaunce of me. 17 Tell us therfore, how thinkest thou? Is it laufulll to geue tribute vnto the Emperoure, or not? 18 Now wha Iesus perceaued their wickednes, he sayde: O ye ypocrites, why tepte ye me? 19 Shewe me ye tribute money. And they toke hi a peny. 20 And he saide vnto the: Whose is this ymage and superscription? 21 They sayde vnto him: The Emperours. Then sayde he vnto them: Geue therfore vnto the Emperour, that which is the Emperours: and geue vnto God, that which is Gods. 22 When they herde that, they marueyled, and left him, & wete their waye. 23 The same daye there came vnto him the Saduces (which holde that there is no resurreccion) and axed him, 24 and sayde: Master, Moses sayde: Yf a man dye, hauynge no children, his brother shal mary his wife, & rayse vp sede vnto his brother. 25 Now were there with us seue brethren. The first maried a wife, and dyed: & for somoch as he had no sede, he left his wife vnto his brother. 26 Like wyse the secode, and thirde vnto the seueth. 27 Last of all the woman dyed also. 28 Now in the resurreccion, whose wife shal she be of the seuen? For they all had her. 29 Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them: Ye erre, and vnderstode not the scriptures, ner the power of God. 30 In the resurreccion they shal nether mary, ner be maried, but are as the angels of God in heauen. 31 As touchinge the resurreccio of the deed, haue ye notred, what is spoken vnto you of God, which sayeth: 32 I am the God of Abraham, and ye God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob? Yet is not God a God of the deed, but of the lyuynge.
  • Luke 12:13-21 : 13 But one of the people sayde vnto him: Master, byd my brother deuyde the enheritaunce with me. 14 Neuertheles he sayde vnto him: Man, who hath set me to be a iudge or heretage parter ouer you? 15 And he sayde vnto them: Take hede, and bewarre of couetousnesse, for no man lyueth therof, that he hath abundaunce of goodes. 16 And he tolde them a symilitude, and sayde: There was a riche man, whose felde had brought forth frutes plenteously, 17 and he thought in himself, and sayde: What shal I do? I haue nothinge wher in to gather my frutes. 18 And he sayde: This wil I do, I wil breake downe my barnes, & buylde greater, and therin wil I gather all myne increace, & my goodes, 19 & wil saye vnto my soule: Soule, thou hast moch goodes layed vp in stoare for many yeares, take now thine ease, eate, drinke, and be mery. 20 But God sayde vnto him: Thou foole, this night shal they requyre thy soule from the, and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared? 21 Thus goeth it with him yt gathereth treasure for himself, and is not riche in God.
  • Luke 13:23-30 : 23 And one sayde vnto him: LORDE, are there few (thinkest thou) that shalbe saued? But he sayde vnto them: 24 Stryue ye to entre in at the strayte gate, for many (I saye vnto you) shal seke to come in, and shal not be able. 25 From that tyme forth, whan the good man of the house is rysen vp, and hath shut the dore, then shal ye begynne to stonde without, and to knocke at ye dore, and saye: LORDE LORDE, open vnto vs. And he shal answere, and saye vnto you: I knowe you not whence ye are. 26 Then shal ye begynne to saye: We haue eaten and dronken before the, and thou hast taught vs vpon ye stretes. 27 And he shal saye: I tell you, I knowe you not whence ye are. Departe fro me all ye workers of iniquyte. 28 There shalbe wepynge and gnasshinge of teth, when ye shal se Abraham, and Isaac, and Iacob and all the prophetes in ye kyngdome of God, and youre selues thrust out, 29 And wha they shal come from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, which shal syt at ye table in the kyngdome of God. 30 And beholde, there are last, which shal be fyrst: and there are first, which shalbe last.
  • John 8:7 : 7 Now whyle they contynued axynge him, he lift him self vp, and sayde vnto them: He that is amonge you without synne, let him cast the first stone at her.
  • John 9:26-33 : 26 The sayde they vnto him agayne: What dyd he vnto the? How opened he thine eyes? 27 He answered them: I tolde you right now. Herde ye it not? What, wil ye heare it agayne? Will ye also be his disciples? 28 Then rayted they him, and sayde: Thou art his disciple. 29 We are sure that God spake wt Moses: As for this felowe, we know not whece he is. 30 The man answered, and sayde vnto the: This is a maruelous thinge, that ye wote not whence he is, and he hath opened mine eyes. 31 For we knowe that God heareth not ye sinners: but yf eny ma be a fearer of God, and doth his will, him heareth he. 32 Sens ye worlde beganne was it not herde, that eny man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde. 33 Yf this man were not of God, he coulde haue done nothinge.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 I wolde not that this secrete shulde be hyd from you brethre (lest ye shulde be wyse in youre awne cosaytes) that partly blyndnesse is happened vnto Israel, so longe tyll the fulnesse of the Heythen be come in,
  • Isa 5:21 : 21 Wo vnto them that are wyse in their owne sight, and thinke them selues to haue vnderstodinge.
  • Jer 36:17-18 : 17 And they examined Baruch, sayenge: Tell vs, how didest thou wryte all these wordes out off his mouth? 18 Then Baruch answered them: He spake all these wordes vnto me with his mouth, and I alone was with him, and wrote them in the boke.
  • Matt 15:1-3 : 1 Then came vnto him the scribes and pharises from Ierusalem, sayenge: 2 Why do thy disciples transgresse ye tradicions of the elders? for they wash not their hodes whan they eate bred. 3 He answered & sayde vnto the: Why do ye transgresse the comaundemet of God, because of youre owne tradicios?
  • 1 Kgs 22:24-28 : 24 Then stepte forth Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena, and smote Micheas vpon the cheke, and sayde: What, is the sprete of the LORDE departed fro me, to speake with the? 25 Micheas sayde: Beholde, thou shalt se it in yt daye, whan thou shalt go fro one chamber to another to hyde the. 26 The kynge of Israel sayde: Take Micheas, and let him remayne with Amon the ruler of the cite, and with Ioas the kynges sonne, 27 and saye: Thus sayeth the kynge: Put this man in preson, and fede him with bred and water of trouble, tyll I come agayne in peace. 28 Micheas sayde: Yf thou commest agayne in peace, then hath not the LORDE spoken thorow me. And he sayde: herken to all ye people.
  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wyse in thine owne conceate, but feare ye LORDE and departe from euell:
  • Prov 26:4 : 4 Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.