If a wise man goes to court with a fool,
there will be ranting and raving but no resolution.[a](A)

10 Bloodthirsty men hate an honest person,(B)
but the upright care about him.[b]

11 A fool gives full vent to his anger,[c](C)
but a wise man holds it in check.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:9 Lit rest
  2. Proverbs 29:10 Or person, and seek the life of the upright
  3. Proverbs 29:11 Lit spirit

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