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31 a strutting rooster,[a]
    a male goat,
    a king at the head of his army.[b]

Keep Calm and Quiet

32 If you are such a godless fool as to honor yourself,
    or if you scheme,
        you had better put your hand over your mouth.
33 As churning milk produces butter
    and punching a nose produces blood,
        so stirring up anger[c] produces a fight.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:31 Hebrew meaning of this line uncertain.
  2. Proverbs 30:31 Hebrew meaning of “at the head of his army” uncertain.
  3. Proverbs 30:33 In Hebrew there is a play on words in verse 33 where the same verb is used to express all three actions.

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