Proverbs 29:9
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.
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8 Scornefull men bryng a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.
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11 A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.
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9 Be not hastyly angrie in thy minde: for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles.
- Prov 14:16-172 verses75%
16 A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.
17 An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.
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3 It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.
- Eccl 9:16-172 verses75%
16 Then sayd I, wysdome is better then strength: Neuerthelesse, a simple mans wysdome is despised, and his wordes are not hearde.
17 A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles.
- Eccl 7:4-63 verses74%
4 The heart of the wise is in the mourning house: but the heart of the foolishe is in the house of myrth.
5 It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:
6 For the laughyng of fooles is like the cracking of thornes vnder a pot: and that is but a vayne thing.
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23 A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.
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22 An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.
- Prov 26:4-52 verses74%
4 Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.
5 But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.
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33 Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.
- Prov 29:19-202 verses73%
19 A stubbourne seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes: for though he vnderstande, yet will he not regarde them.
20 Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.
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21 Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.
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29 He that is patient hath much vnderstanding: but he that is soone displeased, exalteth foolishnesse.
- Prov 12:15-162 verses73%
15 The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.
16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.
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3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.
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29 Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house, he shal haue winde for his heritage: and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wise.
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28 Yea, a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wise: and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent.
- Prov 14:6-83 verses73%
6 A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.
7 Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.
8 The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.
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16 A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.
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10 Cast out the scorneful man, and so shal strife go out with hym: yea variaunce and sclaunder shall ceasse.
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3 A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way, yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self.
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18 An angry man stirreth vp strife: but he that is patient stylleth discorde.
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6 A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.
- Eccl 10:14-152 verses72%
14 A 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?
15 The labour of the foolishe is greeuous vnto them, whyle they know not howe to go into the citie.
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12 A foole slaundereth his neyghbour: but a wise man holdeth his peace.
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2 As for the foolish ma, wrathfulnesse killeth him, and enuie slayeth the ignorant.
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12 If thou be wise, thy wysdome shal do thy selfe good: but if thou thinkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.
13 A foolishe retchlesse woman full of wordes, and suche a one as hath no knowledge,
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12 If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.
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10 Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.
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22 Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne: yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym.
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10 Among the proude there is euer strife: but with the well aduised is wisdome.
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9 Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.
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3 In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.
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12 It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole trusting in his foolishnesse.
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8 Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe thee euyll will: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue thee.
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3 The stone is heauie, and the sande wayghtie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
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7 Wysdome is to hye a thyng for a foole: for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.
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14 Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.