Proverbs 26:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.

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  • Prov 28:11 : 11 The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough.
  • Matt 16:1-4 : 1 The Pharisees also, with the Saducees, came, and temptyng, desired hym that he woulde shewe them a signe from heauen. 2 He aunswered & sayde vnto them: when it is euenyng, ye say, it wyll be fayre weather: for the sky is redde. 3 And in the mornyng, It wyll be foule weather to day: for the sky is lowryng redde. O ye hypocrites, ye can discerne the outwarde appearaunce of the sky: but can ye not discerne the signes of the tymes? 4 The froward and adulterous nation requireth a signe: and there shall no signe be geuen vnto it, but the signe of the prophete Ionas. And he left them, and departed.
  • Rom 12:16 : 16 Beyng of lyke affection one towardes another, beyng not hye mynded: but makyng your selues equall to them of the lower sort. Be not wise in your owne opinions,
  • Titus 1:13 : 13 This witnesse is true: wherfore rebuke them sharpely that they may be founde in the fayth,
  • Matt 21:23-27 : 23 And when he was come into the temple, the chiefe priestes, & the elders of the people, came vnto hym teaching, and saye: By what aucthoritie doest thou these thynges? and who gaue thee this power? 24 Iesus aunswered, & saide vnto them: I also wyll aske you one questio, which yf ye tell me, I in likewise wyll tell you by what aucthoritie I do these thinges: 25 The baptisme of Iohn, whence was it, from heauen, or of men? And they reasoned with them selues saying: if we shall say from heauen, he wyll say vnto vs, why dyd ye not then beleue hym? 26 But yf we shall say of men, then feare we the people: for all men holde Iohn as a prophete. 27 And they aunswered vnto Iesus, and sayde: we can not tell. And he saide vnto them: neither tell I you, by what aucthoritie I do these thynges.
  • Matt 22:15-32 : 15 Then went the Pharisees, and toke councell how they myght intangle hym in his talke. 16 And they sent out vnto hym their disciples, with the Herodians seruauntes, saying: Maister, we knowe that thou art true, and teachest the way of God truely, neither carest thou for any man: for thou doest not respect mens persons. 17 Tell vs therfore, howe thynkest thou? Is it lawfull that tribute be geuen vnto Caesar, or not? 18 But Iesus perceauyng their wickednesse, sayde: Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 19 Shewe me the tribute money. And they brought vnto hym a peny. 20 And he sayde to them: whose is this image and superscription? 21 They say vnto hym, Caesars. Then sayde he vnto them: Geue therfore vnto Caesar, the thynges which are Caesars: and vnto God, those thynges that are gods. 22 When they had hearde these wordes they marueyled, and left hym, and went their way. 23 The same day came to hym the Saducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked hym, 24 Saying: Maister, Moyses sayde, that if a man dye, hauing no childre, his brother shoulde mary his wyfe, and rayse vp seede vnto his brother. 25 Ther were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maryed a wyfe, and deceassed without issue, and left his wyfe vnto his brother. 26 Likewyse, the seconde, and the thirde, vnto the seuenth. 27 Last of all, the woman dyed also. 28 Therfore, in the resurrection, whose wyfe shall she be of the seuen? For they all had her. 29 Iesus aunswered & sayde vnto them: ye do erre, not knowyng the Scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection, they neither mary, nor are geuen in maryage: but are as the Angels of God in heauen. 31 But as touchyng the resurrection of the dead: haue ye not read that which is spoken vnto you of God, which sayth. 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the lyuyng.
  • Luke 12:13-21 : 13 One of the companie sayde vnto hym: Maister, speake to my brother, that he deuide the inheritauce with me. 14 And he sayde vnto hym: Man, who made me a iudge or a deuider ouer you? 15 And he sayde vnto them, Take heede & beware of couetousnes: For no mans lyfe standeth in the aboundaunce of the thynges which he possesseth. 16 And he put foorth a similitude vnto the, saying: The grounde of a certaine ryche man brought foorth plentifull fruites. 17 And he thought within him selfe, saying, What shall I do, because I haue no rowme where to bestow my fruites? 18 And he sayde, this wyll I do, I wyll destroy my barnes, and buylde greater, and therin wyll I gather all my fruites and my goodes. 19 And I wyll saye to my soule: Soule, thou hast much goods layed vp in store for many yeres, take thyne ease, eate, drynke, and be mery. 20 But God sayde vnto hym: Thou foole, this nyght wyll they fetch awaye thy soule againe fro thee: Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided? 21 So is he that gathereth riches to him selfe, and is not ryche towardes God.
  • Luke 13:23-30 : 23 Then sayde one vnto hym: Lorde, are there fewe that be saued? And he sayde vnto them: 24 Stryue to enter in at the strayte gate: for many I say vnto you, wyll seke to enter in, and shall not be able. 25 When the good man of the house is risen vp, and hath shut to the doore, and ye begyn to stande without, & to knocke at the doore, saying, Lorde, Lorde, open vnto vs: and he shall aunswere, and say vnto you, I knowe you not whence ye are. 26 Then shall ye begyn to say: We haue eaten and dronken in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streates. 27 And he shall say, I tell you, I knowe you not, whence ye are: depart from me all ye that worke iniquitie. 28 There shalbe weepyng & gnasshyng of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Iacob, and all the prophetes, in the kyngdome of God, and ye your selues thrust out. 29 And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall syt downe in the kyngdome of God. 30 And beholde, there are last, which shalbe first: And there are first, which shalbe last.
  • John 8:7 : 7 So, when they continued asking him, he lyft vp hym selfe, & sayde vnto them: Let hym that is among you without sinne, caste the first stone at her.
  • John 9:26-33 : 26 Then sayde they to hym agayne: What dyd he to thee? Howe opened he thyne eyes? 27 He aunswered them: I tolde you yer whyle, and ye dyd not heare. Wherfore woulde ye heare it agayne? Wyll ye also be his disciples? 28 Then rayted they hym, and sayde, Be thou his disciple: We are Moyses disciples. 29 We are sure, that God spake vnto Moyses: As for this felowe, we knowe not from whence he is. 30 The man aunswered, and sayde vnto them: this is a marueylous thyng, that ye wote not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened myne eyes. 31 For we be sure, that God heareth not sinners: But yf any man be a worshipper of God, and obedient vnto his wyll, hym heareth he. 32 Sence the worlde began, was it not hearde, that any man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde. 33 If this man were not of God, he coulde haue done nothyng.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I woulde not brethren, that ye shoulde be ignoraunt of this misterie, (lest ye shoulde be wyse in your owne conceiptes,) that partly blyndnesse is happened in Israel, vntyll the fulnesse of the gentiles be come in:
  • Isa 5:21 : 21 Wo be vnto them that are wise in their owne syght, and thynke them selues to haue vnderstandyng.
  • Jer 36:17-18 : 17 And they examined Baruch, saying: Tell vs, howe diddest thou write all these wordes out of his mouth? 18 Then Baruch aunswered them: He spake all these wordes vnto me with his mouth, and I wrote them in the booke.
  • Matt 15:1-3 : 1 Then came to Iesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were come from Hierusalem, saying: 2 Why do thy disciples transgresse the traditions of the elders? for they washe not their handes when they eate bread. 3 But he aunswered and sayde vnto them: why do ye also transgresse the commaundement of God, by your tradition?
  • 1 Kgs 22:24-28 : 24 But Zedekia the sonne of Chanaana went to & smote Michea on the cheke, and sayde: When went the spirite of the Lorde from me, to speake vnto thee? 25 And Michea sayde: Behold, thou shalt see in that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hyde thee. 26 And the king of Israel sayde: Take Michea and cary him vnto Amon the gouerner of the citie, and vnto Ioas the kinges sonne, 27 And say: Thus sayeth ye king: Put this felow in the prison house, and feede him with bread of affliction, and with water of trouble, vntill I returne in peace. 28 And Michea sayde: If thou returne in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he sayde: Hearken ye people euery one of you.
  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wise in thine owne conceipt: but feare the Lorde, and depart from euyll:
  • Prov 26:4 : 4 Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.

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  • Prov 26:3-4
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    3Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a brydle: and a rod to the fooles backe.

    4Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.

  • Prov 26:6-12
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    6As he that cutteth of his messengers feete endamageth himselfe: so doth he that committeth a message to a foole.

    7Like as in a lame man his legges are not equall: euen so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

    8He that setteth a foole in hye dignitie, that is euen as if a man would bynde a stone in a sling.

    9As is a thorne in the hande of a drunkarde: so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

    10The mightie that fourmed al thinges, rewardeth the fooles & transgressours.

    11Like as the dogge turneth agayne to his owne vomite: euen so a foole beginneth his foolishnes agayne afreshe.

    12If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    15The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.

    16A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    79%

    7Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.

  • Prov 13:16
    78%

    16A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.

  • Eccl 10:3
    78%

    3A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way, yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.

    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.

  • Prov 15:2
    76%

    2The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 18:13
    76%

    13He that geueth sentence in a matter before he heare it, the same to hym is folly and shame.

  • Eccl 7:5
    76%

    5It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:

  • Prov 14:16
    75%

    16A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wysdome is to hye a thyng for a foole: for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?

  • Prov 8:5
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    5Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • Prov 27:22
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    22Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne: yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise: but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.

  • Eccl 10:12-13
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    75%

    12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.

    13The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse.

  • Prov 10:8
    75%

    8A wyse man wyll receaue warning: but a prating foole shalbe punished.

  • Prov 15:14
    75%

    14The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 17:12
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    12It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole trusting in his foolishnesse.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.

  • Prov 17:24
    74%

    24Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.

  • 1 Cor 3:18
    74%

    18Let no man deceaue him selfe. Yf any man among you seeme to be wise in this worlde, let hym be a foole, that he may be wyse.

  • Prov 28:26
    74%

    26He that trusteth in his owne heart is a foole: but he that dealeth wisely shalbe safe.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.

  • Prov 9:6
    74%

    6Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 17:28
    74%

    28Yea, a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wise: and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent.

  • 2 Cor 11:19
    74%

    19For ye suffer fooles gladly, seyng ye your selues are wyse.

  • Ps 94:8
    74%

    8Understande ye vnwyse among the people: O ye fooles, when wyll ye be well aduised?

  • Prov 29:9
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    9If a wise man contendeth with a foole: whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.