Cross references
Proverbs 26:4
Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
or you yourself will be like him.
Proverbs 26:4 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 26:5 (8 votes) and 1 Peter 3:9 (8 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Judges 12 to Jude 1.
Which verses does Proverbs 26:4 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Proverbs 26:58 votes
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
- 1 Peter 3:98 votes
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
- Jude 1:95 votes
But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
- Proverbs 17:144 votes
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
- 1 Kings 12:143 votes
and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
- Judges 12:1–62 votes
Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!” But Jephthah replied, “My people and I had a serious conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called, you did not save me out of their hands. …
- 2 Samuel 19:41–432 votes
Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?” And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?” …
- 1 Kings 12:162 votes
When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
- 2 Kings 14:8–102 votes
Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said. But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle. …
- Isaiah 36:211 vote
But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
- 1 Peter 2:21–231 vote
Which verses point to Proverbs 26:4?
The 10 strongest of 15.