Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.
Proverbs 29:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If a wise person goes to court with a fool, there will be ranting and raving but no resolution. , Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, Whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) 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 When the wise make a legal charge against the foolish, the fools shout, they laugh—there is no calm. Catholic Public Domain Version A wise man, if he were to contend with the foolish, whether in anger or in laughter, would find no rest. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If a wise man contend with a fool, whether he be angry or laugh, he shall find no rest. |
Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.
Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness or you’ll be like him yourself.
Bloodthirsty men hate an honest person, but the upright care about him.
The beginning of the words from his mouth is folly, but the end of his speaking is evil madness;
Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.