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The just care for the cause of the poor;
    the wicked do not understand such care.[a]
Scoffers enflame the city,
    but the wise calm the fury.(A)
If a wise person disputes with a fool,
    there is railing and ridicule but no resolution.

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Footnotes

  1. 29:7 As in 12:10 (on care for animals), the righteous care for those who are without a voice and often treated like animals. Colon B has a double meaning: the wicked have no such knowledge (care for the poor) and they have no knowledge (wisdom), for they are fools.

The righteous care about justice for the poor,(A)
    but the wicked have no such concern.

Mockers stir up a city,
    but the wise turn away anger.(B)

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

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