Proverbs 29:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

⁹ If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no shalom.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, Whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs, and there is no rest.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

Common English Bible

⁹ When the wise make a legal charge against the foolish, the fools shout, they laugh—there is no calm.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ A wise man, if he were to contend with the foolish, whether in anger or in laughter, would find no rest.

Proverbs 29:9 Cross References

Proverbs 17:12

Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 26:4

Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

Proverbs 29:10

The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright.

Proverbs 29:8

Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Matthew 7:6

*Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.