If a wise person goes to court with a fool,
    the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.

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When a wise man has a dispute with a fool,
    the fool either rages or laughs without relief.

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11 Fools give full vent to their rage,(A)
    but the wise bring calm in the end.(B)

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11 The fool vents all his feelings,[a]
    but the wise person keeps them to himself.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:11 Lit. spirit
  2. Proverbs 29:11 The Heb. lacks to himself