Two answers to a fool
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Proverbs 26:4–5 places two situational counsels side by side: do not answer a fool in a way that makes you like him, yet answer so he does not seem wise to himself.
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- PRO 26:4–5, engwebp
4Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
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