Proverbs 29:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷ The righteous person is concerned about the poor;
    but the wicked don’t understand what they need to know.^[a]
8 Scornful men enflame a city,
    but the wise defuse anger.
⁹ When a wise man has a dispute with a fool,
    the fool either rages or laughs without relief.