Proverbs 29:9 - Tree of Life Version

⁹ If a wise man argues with a foolish man, he rants or laughs, with no resolution.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 17:12

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

Proverbs 26:4

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, else you also will be like him.

Proverbs 29:10

Bloodthirsty people hate a man of integrity and seek the soul of the upright.

Proverbs 29:8

Mockers incite a city, but wise men turn away anger.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The words from his mouth begin as folly and end as grievous madness—

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet, then turn and rip you to shreds.