Pro 26:4 | CPDV | STEP | Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him.

‏ Proverbs 26:4

4 Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him. ^{▼▼26:4 Answer not a fool, etc: Viz., so as to imitate him but only so as to reprove his folly.(Challoner)}