Genuine Fools, commenting on Proverbs commenting of fools, claim a Biblical contradiction...But is there one?
Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest thou also be like unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Proverbs 26:4,5
So some Fools ask whether we should answer a fool or not based upon Proverbs, for they ask, doesn't verse 4 & 5 contradict?
Not at all....here's why, ......
Verse 4 is talking about not embracing the folly of the fool so as not to end up like him.
Verse 5 is talking about showing the fool where his folly will lead & thus he isn't so wise as he thinks.