Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

不要照愚昧人的愚妄话回答他，恐怕你与他一样。

不要照愚昧人的愚昧话回答他，免得你与他一样。

不要照愚昧人的愚昧话回答他，免得你与他一样。

别照愚人的愚昧回答他，免得你像他一样。

不要照着愚昧人的愚妄回答他，免得你像他一样。

不要照着愚昧人的愚妄回应他，免得你也像他一样。

不要照愚昧人的愚妄話回答他，恐怕你與他一樣。

不要照愚昧人的愚昧話回答他，免得你與他一樣。

不要照愚昧人的愚昧話回答他，免得你與他一樣。

別照愚人的愚昧回答他，免得你像他一樣。

不要照著愚昧人的愚妄回答他，免得你像他一樣。

不要照愚頑人的愚妄話回答他，免得你也跟他一樣。

不要照著愚昧人的愚妄回應他，免得你也像他一樣。

應對蠢人、勿循其蠢、恐爾同乎其人、

維爾居恆、勿即愚人之意還詰愚人、恐人謂爾與彼無異、有時則可、恐彼自以為智。

愚人言癡、爾勿應之、恐爾亦癡、與彼無異、

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him.

Don’t answer a foolish person in keeping with their foolish acts. If you do, you yourself will be just like them.

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

Don’t answer the foolish arguments of fools, or you will become as foolish as they are.

Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness or you’ll be like him yourself.

Do not answer a fool according to his foolishness, Or you will also be like him.

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

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness or you’ll be like him yourself.

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

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own estimation.

Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.

The Ephraimites assembled and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah,“ Why did you go and fight with the Ammonites without asking us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!”Jephthah said to them,“ My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power.When I saw that you were not going to help, I risked my life and advanced against the Ammonites, and the LORD handed them over to me. Why have you come up to fight with me today?”Jephthah assembled all the men of Gilead and they fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because the Ephraimites insulted them, saying,“ You Gileadites are refugees in Ephraim, living within Ephraim’s and Manasseh’s territory.”The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Ephraim. Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said,“ Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him,“ Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said,“ No,”then they said to him,“ Say‘ Shibboleth!’” If he said,“ Sibboleth”( and could not pronounce the word correctly), they grabbed him and executed him right there at the fords of the Jordan. On that day forty-two thousand Ephraimites fell dead.

and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said,“ My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”

When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king,“ We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So Israel returned to their homes.

Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king,“ Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan– and not only him but all of David’s men as well?”All the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel,“ Because the king is our close relative! Why are you so upset about this? Have we eaten at the king’s expense? Or have we misappropriated anything for our own use?”The men of Israel replied to the men of Judah,“ We have ten shares in the king, and we have a greater claim on David than you do! Why do you want to curse us? Weren’t we the first to suggest bringing back our king?” But the comments of the men of Judah were more severe than those of the men of Israel.

They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered,“ Don’t respond to him.”

Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; stop it before strife breaks out!

Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said,“ Come, let’s meet face to face.”King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah,“ A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon,‘ Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn.You thoroughly defeated Edom and it has gone to your head! Gloat over your success, but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?”

For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

But even when Michael the archangel was arguing with the devil and debating with him concerning Moses’ body, he did not dare to bring a slanderous judgment, but said,“ May the Lord rebuke you!”