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Proverbs 26:4
Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

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Proverbs 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Job 5:13
He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

Mark 11:33
They answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Luke 20:26
They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.

1 Peter 2:23
When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

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Proverbs 9:7
One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

Proverbs 9:8
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

Matthew 7:6
“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Proverbs 23:9
Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Isaiah 36:21
But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.”

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