Proverbs 29:8-10

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁸Scoffers set a city aflame,
    but the wise turn away wrath.
⁹If the wise go to law with fools,
    there is ranting and ridicule without relief.
¹⁰The bloodthirsty hate the blameless,
    and they seek the life of the upright.

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