DAY 106
Do Not Answer a Fool by His Folly
기원전 10~6세기 편집 (히브리 지혜문학)
ORIGINAL
אַל־תַּעַן כְּסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן־תִּשְׁוֶה־לּוֹ גַם־אָתָּה
📜 THE VERSE
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Meeting someone's pettiness with my own, am I dragging myself down to their level?
📝Reflection
Meeting an unreasonable person with equal unreason, you soon find you have become just like them. This verse warns of that trap. The moment I react to another's folly in kind, I am pulled onto their board. Not every provocation needs a response. To some words, no reply is the most dignified answer. Not descending to the other's level — that is the silence that guards me.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
When a petty provocation comes today, do not fire back in kind — let it pass just once.
📖 Source:
Proverbs 26:4.
히브리어 원전 + 개역한글판(1961, PD) 참조, ONGO 자체 의역.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
