A specific case under Is the Bible Full of Contradictions?
Does Proverbs 26 Contradict Itself About Answering a Fool?
“Proverbs 26:4 says do not answer a fool according to his folly, and the very next verse says answer a fool according to his folly. Two consecutive verses give opposite commands, so the Bible contradicts itself.”
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