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Hebrew Bible, Proverbs, 26.4-26.5
אַל־תַּעַן כְּסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן־תִּשְׁוֶה־לּוֹ גַם־אָתָּה׃ Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.
עֲנֵה כְסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן־יִהְיֶה חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו׃ Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

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1. Hebrew Bible, Proverbs, 13.14, 14.27, 15.33, 18.12, 26.5 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 13.14. תּוֹרַת חָכָם מְקוֹר חַיִּים לָסוּר מִמֹּקְשֵׁי מָוֶת׃ 14.27. יִרְאַת יְהוָה מְקוֹר חַיִּים לָסוּר מִמֹּקְשֵׁי מָוֶת׃ 15.33. יִרְאַת יְהוָה מוּסַר חָכְמָה וְלִפְנֵי כָבוֹד עֲנָוָה׃ 18.12. לִפְנֵי־שֶׁבֶר יִגְבַּהּ לֵב־אִישׁ וְלִפְנֵי כָבוֹד עֲנָוָה׃ 26.5. עֲנֵה כְסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן־יִהְיֶה חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו׃ 13.14. The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, To depart from the snares of death." 14.27. The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death." 15.33. The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; And before honour goeth humility." 18.12. Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honour goeth humility." 26.5. Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes."

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
apologetic self-commendation	Keener, First-Second Corinthians (2005) 224
bible (hebrew bible and/or new testament)	Damm, Religions and Education in Antiquity (2018) 45, 46
common sense, and proverbs	James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 288
education, pedagogy	Damm, Religions and Education in Antiquity (2018) 45, 46
ethical education, in book of proverbs	Damm, Religions and Education in Antiquity (2018) 45, 46
ethical education, judaism	Damm, Religions and Education in Antiquity (2018) 45, 46
festivals, non-christian, in early christian literature	Bar Asher Siegal, Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity: Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud (2018) 63
grammar, of scripture	James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 288
implicature, and proverbs	James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 288
judaism	Damm, Religions and Education in Antiquity (2018) 45, 46
logical interpretation	James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 288
prophets, jewish, educational methods in	Damm, Religions and Education in Antiquity (2018) 45, 46
prophets, jewish, proverb genre in	Damm, Religions and Education in Antiquity (2018) 45, 46
prophets, jewish, proverbs, book of	Damm, Religions and Education in Antiquity (2018) 45, 46
proverbs, correct habits of readers	James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 288
r. zera	Bar Asher Siegal, Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity: Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud (2018) 63
rhetoric, and comparison or competition	Keener, First-Second Corinthians (2005) 224
rhetorical devices	Keener, First-Second Corinthians (2005) 224
self-commendation	Keener, First-Second Corinthians (2005) 224
sinai	Bar Asher Siegal, Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity: Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud (2018) 63
tertullian	Bar Asher Siegal, Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity: Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud (2018) 63
torah	Damm, Religions and Education in Antiquity (2018) 45, 46
wisdom, wisdom literature, educational method'	Damm, Religions and Education in Antiquity (2018) 46
wisdom, wisdom literature, educational method	Damm, Religions and Education in Antiquity (2018) 45
wisdom, wisdom literature	Damm, Religions and Education in Antiquity (2018) 45, 46