Proverbs 29:9
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9 If the wise go to law with fools,
there is ranting and ridicule without relief.
Ecclesiastes 10:13
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13 The words of their mouths begin in foolishness,
and their talk ends in wicked madness,(A)
Proverbs 26:4
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4 Do not answer fools according to their folly,
lest you be a fool yourself.(A)
Matthew 11:17-19
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17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we wailed, and you did not mourn.’
18 “For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon’; 19 the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”[a](A)
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Matthew 7:6
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Profaning the Holy
6 “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you.(A)
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