This maxim at first sight seems absolutely antagonistic to the purport of the preceding verse; but it is not so really. The words, "according to his folly," in this verse mean, as his folly deserves, in so plain a way as is expose it, and shame him, and bring him to a better mind. Lest he be wise in his own conceit; thinking, it may be, that he has said something worth hearing, or put you to silence by his superior intelligence.
You tell your friend the vaccine hasn't been approved by the FDA and it's only available due to an emergency order. We truly have no idea how these vaccines will work in the real world because we haven't subjected it to very many trials. The people getting shots now are the biggest test group in history.
Those are the facts and a Google search will not refute them.
Don't let the fool get smug with you and think he/she's right, basically.
Answer a fool according to his folly.
This maxim at first sight seems absolutely antagonistic to the purport of the preceding verse; but it is not so really. The words, "according to his folly," in this verse mean, as his folly deserves, in so plain a way as is expose it, and shame him, and bring him to a better mind. Lest he be wise in his own conceit; thinking, it may be, that he has said something worth hearing, or put you to silence by his superior intelligence.
https://biblehub.com/commentaries/proverbs/26-5.htm
You tell your friend the vaccine hasn't been approved by the FDA and it's only available due to an emergency order. We truly have no idea how these vaccines will work in the real world because we haven't subjected it to very many trials. The people getting shots now are the biggest test group in history.
Those are the facts and a Google search will not refute them.
Don't let the fool get smug with you and think he/she's right, basically.