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Proverbs 26

Prov. 26:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
c a fool
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
according to his folly
'ivveleth (Hebrew #200)
silliness
KJV usage: folly, foolishly(-ness).
Pronounce: iv-veh'-leth
Origin: from the same as 191
, lest he be wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
in his own δconceit
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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a fool.
1 Kings 22:24‑28• 24Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micah upon the cheek, and said, Where now went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to thee?
25And Micah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself.
26And the king of Israel said, Take Micah and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
27and thou shalt say, Thus says the king: Put this man in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
28And Micah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah has not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O peoples, all of you!
(1 Kings 22:24‑28)
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Jer. 36:17‑18• 17And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words from his mouth?
18And Baruch said unto them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
(Jer. 36:17‑18)
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Matt. 15:1‑3• 1Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to Jesus, saying,
2Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
3But he answering said to them, Why do *ye* also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?
(Matt. 15:1‑3)
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Matt. 16:1‑4• 1And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to him, asked him, tempting him, to shew them a sign out of heaven.
2But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;
3and in the morning, A storm to-day, for the sky is red and lowering; ye know how to discern the face of the sky, but ye cannot the signs of the times.
4A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas. And he left them and went away.
(Matt. 16:1‑4)
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Matt. 21:23‑27• 23And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, saying, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
24And Jesus answering said to them, *I* also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, *I* also will tell you by what authority I do these things:
25The baptism of John, whence was it? of heaven or of men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say to us, Why then have ye not believed him?
26but if we should say, Of men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John for a prophet.
27And answering Jesus they said, We do not know. *He* also said to them, Neither do *I* tell you by what authority I do these things.
(Matt. 21:23‑27)
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Matt. 22:15‑32• 15Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.
16And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not men's person;
17tell us therefore what thou thinkest: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
18But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites?
19Shew me the money of the tribute. And they presented to him a denarius.
20And he says to them, Whose is this image and superscription?
21They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Pay then what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.
22And when they heard him, they wondered, and left him, and went away.
23On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him,
24saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any one die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and shall raise up seed to his brother.
25Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first having married died, and not having seed, left his wife to his brother.
26In like manner also the second and the third, unto the seven.
27And last of all the woman also died.
28In the resurrection therefore of which of the seven shall she be wife, for all had her?
29And Jesus answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.
30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as angels of God in heaven.
31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
32*I* am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not God of the dead, but of the living.
(Matt. 22:15‑32)
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Luke 12:13‑21• 13And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
14But he said to him, Man, who established me as a judge or a divider over you?
15And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.
16And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
17And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not a place where I shall lay up my fruits.
18And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;
19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
21Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
(Luke 12:13‑21)
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Luke 13:23‑30• 23And one said to him, Sir, are such as are to be saved few in number? But he said unto them,
24Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
25From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are:
26then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten in thy presence and drunk, and thou hast taught in our streets;
27and he shall say, I tell you, I do not know you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
28There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves cast out.
29And they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of God.
30And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.
(Luke 13:23‑30)
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John 8:7• 7But when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up and said to them, Let him that is without sin among you first cast the stone at her. (John 8:7)
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John 9:26‑33• 26And they said to him again, What did he do to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
27He answered them, I told you already and ye did not hear: why do ye desire to hear again? do ye also wish to become his disciples?
28They railed at him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
29We know that God spoke to Moses; but as to this man, we know not whence he is.
30The man answered and said to them, Now in this is a wonderful thing, that *ye* do not know whence he is, and he has opened mine eyes.
31But we know that God does not hear sinners; but if any one be God-fearing and do his will, him he hears.
32Since time was, it has not been heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind.
33If this man were not of God he would be able to do nothing.
(John 9:26‑33)
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Titus 1:13• 13This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith, (Titus 1:13)
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conceit.
Heb. eyes.
 But on the other hand to allow foolish, unlearned statements to go unchallenged without rebuttal, will but strengthen him in his self-assurance and conceit. To expose his shallowness, and reply convincingly to his folly may at least humble him and give him to feel the need of fuller investigation. (Proverbs Twenty-Six by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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