What the Bible Says About Arguing With a Fool
Proverbs 26:4 ESV / 96 helpful votes
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
Proverbs 29:9 ESV / 88 helpful votes
If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 69 helpful votes
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 64 helpful votes
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 18:6 ESV / 46 helpful votes
A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.
Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 30 helpful votes
Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Proverbs 26:11 ESV / 21 helpful votes
Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.
Proverbs 20:3 ESV / 16 helpful votes
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 16 helpful votes
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
James 1:19-20 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Romans 3:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes
No one understands; no one seeks for God.
Psalm 111:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
Romans 1:18 ESV / 8 helpful votes
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
Jeremiah 32:40 ESV / 8 helpful votes
I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.
Colossians 1:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
Isaiah 17:1-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
An oracle concerning Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins. The cities of Aroer are deserted; they will be for flocks, which will lie down, and none will make them afraid. The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Syria will be like the glory of the children of Israel, declares the Lord of hosts. And in that day the glory of Jacob will be brought low, and the fat of his flesh will grow lean. And it shall be as when the reaper gathers standing grain and his arm harvests the ears, and as when one gleans the ears of grain in the Valley of Rephaim. ...
Proverbs 26:1-28 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. ...
Psalm 50:1-23 ESV / 3 helpful votes
A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest. He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people: "Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!" ...
Proverbs 9:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
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What the Bible Says About Arguing With a Fool
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