Proverbs 29:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ If the wise go to law with fools, there is ranting and ridicule without relief.

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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

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The words of their mouths begin in foolishness, and their talk ends in wicked madness,

Proverbs 26:4

Do not answer fools according to their folly, lest you be a fool yourself.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you.

Proverbs 17:12

Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.

Proverbs 29:8

Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.

Proverbs 29:10

The bloodthirsty hate the blameless, and they seek the life of the upright.