Proverbs 29:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If a wise man contendeth with a foole: whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 10:13 : 13 The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse.
  • Matt 7:6 : 6 Geue not that which is holy, vnto dogges, neyther caste ye your pearles before swyne, lest they treade them vnder their feete, and turning agayne, all to rent you.
  • Matt 11:17-19 : 17 And say: We haue pyped vnto you, and ye haue not daunsed: we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not sorowed. 18 For Iohn came neither eatyng nor drinking, and they say, he hath the deuil. 19 The sonne of man came eatyng and drinking, and they say, behold a glutton and an vnmeasurable drinker of wine, and a friende vnto publicans & sinners: And wisdome is iustified of her children.
  • Prov 26:4 : 4 Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 29:8
    79%

    8Scornefull men bryng a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.

  • Prov 29:11
    79%

    11A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

  • Eccl 7:9
    75%

    9Be not hastyly angrie in thy minde: for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles.

  • Prov 14:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.

    17An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.

  • Prov 20:3
    75%

    3It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.

  • Eccl 9:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16Then sayd I, wysdome is better then strength: Neuerthelesse, a simple mans wysdome is despised, and his wordes are not hearde.

    17A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles.

  • Eccl 7:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4The heart of the wise is in the mourning house: but the heart of the foolishe is in the house of myrth.

    5It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:

    6For the laughyng of fooles is like the cracking of thornes vnder a pot: and that is but a vayne thing.

  • Prov 10:23
    74%

    23A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 29:22
    74%

    22An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.

    5But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.

  • Prov 14:33
    74%

    33Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.

  • Prov 29:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19A stubbourne seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes: for though he vnderstande, yet will he not regarde them.

    20Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.

  • Prov 15:21
    73%

    21Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.

  • Prov 14:29
    73%

    29He that is patient hath much vnderstanding: but he that is soone displeased, exalteth foolishnesse.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.

    16A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • Prov 11:29
    73%

    29Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house, he shal haue winde for his heritage: and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wise.

  • Prov 17:28
    73%

    28Yea, a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wise: and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    73%

    6A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.

    7Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.

  • Prov 13:16
    73%

    16A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.

  • Prov 22:10
    72%

    10Cast out the scorneful man, and so shal strife go out with hym: yea variaunce and sclaunder shall ceasse.

  • Eccl 10:3
    72%

    3A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way, yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self.

  • Prov 15:18
    72%

    18An angry man stirreth vp strife: but he that is patient stylleth discorde.

  • Prov 18:6
    72%

    6A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.

  • Eccl 10:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?

    15The labour of the foolishe is greeuous vnto them, whyle they know not howe to go into the citie.

  • Prov 11:12
    72%

    12A foole slaundereth his neyghbour: but a wise man holdeth his peace.

  • Job 5:2
    72%

    2As for the foolish ma, wrathfulnesse killeth him, and enuie slayeth the ignorant.

  • Prov 9:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12If thou be wise, thy wysdome shal do thy selfe good: but if thou thinkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.

    13A foolishe retchlesse woman full of wordes, and suche a one as hath no knowledge,

  • Prov 26:12
    72%

    12If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.

  • Prov 19:10
    72%

    10Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

  • Prov 27:22
    72%

    22Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne: yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym.

  • Prov 13:10
    71%

    10Among the proude there is euer strife: but with the well aduised is wisdome.

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 14:3
    71%

    3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • Prov 17:12
    71%

    12It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole trusting in his foolishnesse.

  • Prov 9:8
    71%

    8Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe thee euyll will: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue thee.

  • Prov 27:3
    71%

    3The stone is heauie, and the sande wayghtie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

  • Prov 24:7
    71%

    7Wysdome is to hye a thyng for a foole: for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 10:14
    71%

    14Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.