Amsal 22:21

22:21 to show you true and reliable words, ¹ 

so that you may give accurate answers ²  to those who sent you?

Amsal 26:4

26:4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, ³ 

lest you yourself also be like him. ⁴ 

[22:21]  ¹ tn Heb “to cause you to know the truth of words of truth” (NASB similar).

[22:21]  ² tn Heb “to return true words”; NAB “a dependable report”; NIV “sound answers.”

[26:4]  ³ sn One should not answer a fool’s foolish questions in line with the fool’s mode of reasoning (J. H. Greenstone, Proverbs, 274).

[26:4]  ⁴ sn The person who descends to the level of a fool to argue with him only looks like a fool as well.