Proverbs 26:4-28 - ESV - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest ...

4 ¹Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.

5 ²Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be ³wise in his own eyes.

6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and ⁴drinks violence.

7 Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

8 Like one who binds the stone in the sling is ⁵one who gives honor to a fool.

9 Like ⁶a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

10 Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.^a

11 Like ⁷a dog that returns to his vomit is ⁸a fool who repeats his folly.

12 Do you see a man who is ⁹wise in his own eyes? ¹⁰There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13 ¹¹The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"

14 As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.

15 ¹²The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.

16 The sluggard is ¹³wiser in his own eyes ¹⁴than seven men who can answer sensibly.

17 Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

18 Like a madman who throws ¹⁵firebrands, arrows, and death

19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I am only joking!"

20 For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no ¹⁶whisperer, ¹⁷quarreling ceases.

21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is ¹⁸a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

22 ¹⁹The words of ²⁰a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

23 ²¹Like the ²²glaze^b covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart.

24 Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;

25 ²³when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are ²⁴seven abominations in his heart;

26 though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

27 ²⁵Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.

28 A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Provérbios 26:4 Não respondas ao tolo segundo a sua estultícia, para que também não te faças semelhante a ele.

Proverbs 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Proverbs 26:4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.

Provérbios 26:4 Não responda ao insensato com igual insensatez,do contrário você se igualará a ele.

Proverbs 26:4-28 ESV