Pro 26:4 | NETfull | STEP | Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

Proverbs 26:4

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, ^{▼▼ One should not answer a fool’s foolish questions in line with the fool’s mode of reasoning (J. H. Greenstone, Proverbs, 274).}
lest you yourself also be like him. ^{▼▼ The person who descends to the level of a fool to argue with him only looks like a fool as well.}