Proverbs 22:10

¹⁰ Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.

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Proverbs 29:7–9

⁷ The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns. ⁸ Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger. ⁹ If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

Proverbs 20:2–4

² The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life. ³ It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel. ⁴ The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

Sirach 28:7–9

⁷ Remember the commandments, and don’t be angry with your neighbor. Remember the covenant of the Highest, and overlook ignorance. (WEB) ⁸ Abstain from strife, and you will diminish your sins, for a passionate man will kindle strife. (WEB) ⁹ A man who is a sinner will trouble fri… (WEB)

Proverbs 19:24–26

²⁴ The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth. ²⁵ Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge. ²⁶ He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame a…

Proverbs 9:6–8

⁶ Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.” ⁷ He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. ⁸ Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Sirach 22:12–14

¹² Mourning for the dead lasts seven days, but for a fool and an ungodly man, it lasts all the days of his life. (WEB) ¹³ Don’t talk much with a foolish man, and don’t go to one who has no understanding. Beware of him, lest you have trouble and be defiled in his onslaught… (WEB)

Proverbs 15:17–19

¹⁷ Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred. ¹⁸ A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute. ¹⁹ The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Isaiah 29:19–21

¹⁹ The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. ²⁰ For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down— ²¹ those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare…

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