- Proverbs 9:8–9 :: Answering a fool is foolish
- Proverbs 15:12 :: A scorner doesn’t accept reproof
- Proverbs 17:10 :: Wisdom accepts a rebuke
- Proverbs 23:9 :: Fools despise wisdom
- Proverbs 26:4–5 :: Don’t and do answer a fool according his folly
- Mark 12:18–27
- Luke 4 :: Jesus answers the devil from the perspective of God’s word, not his own angle or premise