31 a strutting cock, a he-goat,
    and a king secure against revolt.[a]

32 ‘If you play the fool and exalt yourself,
    or if you plan evil,
    clap your hand over your mouth!
33 For as churning cream produces butter,
    and as twisting the nose produces blood,
    so stirring up anger produces strife.’

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.