Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 26:4
Answer not a fool (a) according to his folly, lest thou also be like him.
(a) Consent not to him in his doings.
Answer not a fool (a) according to his folly, lest thou also be like him.
(a) Consent not to him in his doings.
Verse Proverbs 26:4. _ANSWER NOT A FOOL_] On this and the following verse Bishop _Warburton_, who has written well on many things, and very indifferently on the doctrine of grace, has written with fo...
Two sides of a truth. To “answer a fool according to his folly” is in Proverbs 26:4 to bandy words with him, to descend to his level of coarse anger and vile abuse; in Proverbs 26:5 it is to say the r...
CHAPTER 26 CONCERNING THE FOOL AND THE SLUGGARD Eleven times we meet the word fool in this chapter. Three different words are used in the Hebrew for fool. The first is “avil” which signifies weakness....
THE BOOK OF FOOLS. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2). The text is unusually corrupt and defective. PROVERBS 26:1. For the opposite use of s...
ANSWER NOT. The point of Proverbs 26:3 is that you cannot reason with. fool; Proverbs 26:4 gives the reason. If you answer not according to his folly, he will think he is wise like yourself. If you do...
_according to_ Let not your answer be according to his folly in foolishness; but let it be according to it in appositeness....
ANSWER NOT A FOOL, &C.— They who choose to review antiquity, in its antique garb, will observe, that had the folly of these fools been only of one condition or denomination, then the advice to _answer...
CHAPTER 26 TEXT Proverbs 26:1-9 1. As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool. 2. As a sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that...
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. ANSWER NOT A FOOL ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY, LEST THOU ALSO BE LIKE UNTO HIM - by answering taunt with taunt, angry sneer wi...
FOOLS. SLUGGARDS. TALKERS 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools....
The fool is an evil man who hates your wise words. Solomon uses humour here, because verse 4 is the opposite of verse 5. But both verses are correct. Verse 4 The fool hates wisdom. So his words are f...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 26 V1 Snow should not fall in summer. Rain should not fall during the harvest....
ANSWER NOT A FOOL. — Comp. Proverbs 1:22. ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY. — Do not lower yourself by disputing or arguing with him; he will not take in your meaning, and will think he has got the better of yo...
אַל ־תַּ֣עַן כְּ֭סִיל כְּ אִוַּלְתֹּ֑ו פֶּֽן...
CHAPTER 27 THE FOOL "As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool accord...
Verse Proverbs 26:2. Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm. Verses Proverbs 26:3. In this group of proverbs the fool is the subject. The...
_Answer not a fool, &c. Viz., so as to imitate him; but only so as to reprove his folly. (Challoner) --- If thou answer at all, (ver. 5.) do it to the purpose, and to prevent others from taking scanda...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
ANSWER NOT A FOOL ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY,.... Sometimes a fool, or wicked man, is not to be answered at all; as the ministers of Hezekiah answered not a word to Rabshakeh; nor Jeremiah the prophet to...
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Ver. 4. _Answer not a fool according to his folly._] When either he curseth thee, _as _ Pro 26:2 or cryeth out upon thee for...
_Answer not a fool_, &c. _Answer a fool_, &c. These contrary directions are easily reconciled, by considering the difference of persons, times, places, and other circumstances, and of the manner of an...
CONCERNING FOOLS AND SLUGGARDS...
Answer not a fool according to his folly, by putting oneself on a level with him in speech and actions, LEST THOU ALSO BE LIKE UNTO HIM, be placed in the same class with him by decent and intelligent...
THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to the truth, beginning with foolishness and ending with hatred....
How can these contrary rules be reconciled, _answer_ him _not_, and _answer him_ ? ANSW. Easily, by considering the difference of persons, and times, and places, and other circumstances, and of the ma...
Proverbs 26:4 answer H6030 (H8799) fool H3684 folly H200 like H7737 (H8799) Proverbs 17:
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 26:20-25.) God gives us two ears and two eyes, but only one tongue. We should therefore see and hear mor...
Proverbs 26:1. _As snow in summer,_ which beats down the fruits; _and as rain in harvest,_ which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is honour incongruous to a fool. He shames his laurels, he wast...
_A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back._ ASPECTS OF A FOOL Sin is folly. It sacrifices the spiritual for the material, the temporal for the eternal, the pure joys...
_Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him _ ANSWERING A FOOL ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY The ambiguity in these verses lies in the connecting words “according to,” which...
_As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool _ HONOUR PAID TO THE WICKED UNSEEMLY AND PERNICIOUS The respect which man pays his fellow is often grounded on reasons...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 26:4 At first these verses seem to contradict each other. But the fact that they are grouped together shows they do not. Rather, they cover two situations. The reader must de...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 26:3. To our English ideas, the whip and bridle are assigned respectively to the wrong animals, but it must be remembered that the Eastern ass is often quite as spirited an...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 26:1 Certain proverbs concerning the fool (_kesil_),_ _with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22)....
Shall we turn now to Proverbs 26:1-28 to begin our study this evening. The first twelve verses of Proverbs 26:1-28 we trust doesn't apply to any of you tonight, because it's sort of addressed towards...
1 Kings 12:14; 1 Kings 12:16; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Peter 3:9; 2 Kings 14
According — So as to imitate his folly, by passionate or reproachful speeches....
How can contradictory commands both be true? PROBLEM: Verse 4 says “Do not answer a fool according to his folly;” and verse 5 tells us to “Answer a fool according to his folly.” But this looks like a...