Proverbs 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.
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- Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.
- Matthew 16:1–3 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven. But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern the signs of the times.
- Proverbs 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil: