Proverbs 29:9

Modern English Version

If a wise man contends with a fool, the fool rages and laughs, and there is no rest.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:12

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 26:4

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

Proverbs 29:10

The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity, and the life of the upright.

Proverbs 29:8

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

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The beginning of the words from his mouth are folly; so the end of his words are evil madness.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn around and attack you.