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Kathy writes, please explain Proverbs 26 verses 4 and 5.
Why does verse 4 say to not answer a fool according to his folly, but verse 5 says that
we should answer a fool according to his folly.
Is this a contradiction made by the translators?
Ok, Proverbs 26 Proverbs chapter 26 verses 4 and 5
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be likened to him.
Verse 5, Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Well Kathy what Solomon is saying here is, don't replicate a fool's actions, but rather
reprove the fool's folly.
You see, verse 4 is not saying to not answer a fool, it's simply telling how not to answer
a fool.
And verse 5 goes on to tell us how TO answer a fool.
Here on TruthTime it wasn't that long ago I was challenged to a debate by an Ohio State
biology professor.
He wanted to debate me on the topic of evolution, but he made a rule that I could not use the Bible as a resource during the debate.
Well I told him I would debate him, but not without the oldest and most reliable book known to mankind, the original science book, the Bible.
And well, that's probably why I haven't heard back from him.
You see if I were to debate him according to his own personal terms of debate, well that would mean I would be answering him, as King Solomon put it, according to his folly.
As a Bible believer, the Bible should be the premise.
Starting with anything other than the Bible as a foundation is simply man's folly.
In Proverbs 13:16 we find this, every prudent man dealeth with knowledge, but a fool layeth
open his folly.
You've got some who will say, oh I just trust my heart to give me the answer, I just follow my heart.
Well Proverbs 28:26, Solomon said that he that trusteth his own heart is a fool.
You need to get hold of some truth and trust that for a change.
Your heart is deceptive.
Galatians 4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
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