²⁹ People with understanding control their anger;
    a hot temper shows great foolishness.

⁹ Control your temper,
    for anger labels you a fool.

¹⁷ Short-tempered people do foolish things,
    and schemers are hated.

¹⁸ A hot-tempered person starts fights;
    a cool-tempered person stops them.

¹¹ Sensible people control their temper;
    they earn respect by overlooking wrongs.

³² Better to be patient than powerful;
    better to have self-control than to conquer a city.

²⁸ A person without self-control
    is like a city with broken-down walls.

²⁴ Don’t befriend angry people
    or associate with hot-tempered people,
²⁵ or you will learn to be like them
    and endanger your soul.