Proverbs 26:4

English Standard Version

4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. (2Sa 16:11; 2Ki 18:36; Lu 23:9) 

New International Version

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. 

New International Reader’s Version

4 Don’t answer a foolish person in keeping with their foolish acts. If you do, you yourself will be just like them. 

King James Version

4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.