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Proverbs 29:8-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

8 Scoffers enflame the city,
    but the wise calm the fury.(A)
9 If a wise person disputes with a fool,
    there is railing and ridicule but no resolution.
10 The bloodthirsty hate the blameless,
    but the upright seek his life.[a]

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  1. 29:10 An enigmatic saying in that “seek one’s life” is a common idiom for killing. The saying probably plays on the idiom, interpreting “to seek the life of another” not as killing but as caring for another (as in 11:30).
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