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16 A fool is quick-tempered,
    but a wise person stays calm when insulted.

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16 As for a fool, on that very day[a] he makes his anger known,
    but he who ignores an insult is prudent.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:16 Literally “on the day”

16 Fools(A) show their annoyance at once,(B)
    but the prudent overlook an insult.(C)

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16 The wise are cautious[a] and avoid danger;
    fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence.

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

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  1. 14:16 Hebrew The wise fear.

16 The wise is cautious and turns from evil,
    but the fool throws off restraint and is confident.
17 He who is short of temper[a] will act foolishly,
    and the man who schemes will be hated.

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  1. Proverbs 14:17 Literally “nostril”

16 The wise fear the Lord and shun evil,(A)
    but a fool(B) is hotheaded and yet feels secure.

17 A quick-tempered person(C) does foolish things,(D)
    and the one who devises evil schemes is hated.(E)

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

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29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
    but the hasty of spirit[a] exalts folly.

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  1. Proverbs 14:29 Or “breath”

29 Whoever is patient has great understanding,(A)
    but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.(B)

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

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18 A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife,
    but he who is slow to anger,[a] he will calm contention.

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  1. Proverbs 15:18 Literally “nostrils”

18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,(A)
    but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.(B)

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

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32 He who is slow to anger[a] is better than him who is mighty,
    and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.

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  1. Proverbs 16:32 Literally “nostrils”

32 Better a patient person than a warrior,
    one with self-control than one who takes a city.

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

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11 The understanding of a person makes him slow to his anger,[a]
    and his glory overlooks offense.

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  1. Proverbs 19:11 Literally “nostril”

11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;(A)
    it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

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19 Hot-tempered people must pay the penalty.
    If you rescue them once, you will have to do it again.

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19 A hot-tempered person pays a penalty;
    if you rescue him, you will do it yet again.

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19 A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;
    rescue them, and you will have to do it again.

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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.

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24 Do not befriend an owner[a] of anger,[b]
    and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;
25 lest you learn his way
    and become entangled in a snare to yourself.[c]

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  1. Proverbs 22:24 Or “master”
  2. Proverbs 22:24 Literally “nostril”
  3. Proverbs 22:25 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

Saying 3

24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
    do not associate with one easily angered,
25 or you may learn their ways
    and get yourself ensnared.(A)

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Mockers can get a whole town agitated,
    but the wise will calm anger.

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Men of scoffing set a city aflame,
    but the wise turn away wrath.

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

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