Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contend with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.
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Referenced Verses
- Eccl 10:13 : 13 The beginning of the wordes of his mouth is foolishnesse, and the latter ende of his mouth is wicked madnesse.
- Matt 7:6 : 6 Giue ye not that which is holy, to dogges, neither cast ye your pearles before swine, lest they treade them vnder their feete, and turning againe, all to rent you.
- Matt 11:17-19 : 17 And say, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not daunced, we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented. 18 For Iohn came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a deuill. 19 The sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Beholde a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend vnto Publicanes and sinners: but wisedome is iustified of her children.
- Prov 26:4 : 4 Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.
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8 Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.
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11 A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.
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9 (7:11) Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.
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16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.
17 He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.
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3 It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.
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16 Then said I, Better is wisdome then stregth: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.
17 The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.
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4 (7:6) The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth.
5 (7:7) Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.
6 (7:8) For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.
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23 It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.
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22 An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
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4 Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.
5 Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.
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33 Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.
- Prov 29:19-202 verses73%
19 A seruant will not be chastised with words: though he vnderstand, yet he will not answere.
20 Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.
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21 Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.
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29 He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.
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15 The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.
16 A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise.
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3 The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.
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29 He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the winde, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wise in heart.
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28 Euen a foole (when he holdeth his peace) is counted wise, and hee that stoppeth his lips, prudent.
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6 A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.
7 Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.
8 The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.
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16 Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.
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10 Cast out the scorner, and strife shal go out: so contention and reproche shall cease.
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3 And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.
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18 An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but hee that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.
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6 A fooles lips come with strife, & his mouth calleth for stripes.
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14 For the foole multiplieth woordes, saying, Man knoweth not what shall be: and who can tell him what shall be after him?
15 The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.
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12 He that despiseth his neighbour, is destitute of wisedome: but a man of vnderstanding will keepe silence.
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2 Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
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12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe, and if thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt suffer.
13 A foolish woman is troublesome: she is ignorant, and knoweth nothing.
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12 Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him.
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10 Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.
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22 Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.
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10 Onely by pride doeth man make contention: but with the well aduised is wisdome.
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9 Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.
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3 In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.
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12 It is better for a man to meete a beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his follie.
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8 Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.
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3 A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
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7 Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.
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14 Wise men lay vp knowledge: but ye mouth of the foole is a present destruction.