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17 A short-tempered person acts foolishly,
and a schemer is hated.

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29 A patient person has great understanding,
but an impatient person exalts foolishness.

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18 A hothead stirs up a fight,
but a patient person calms a dispute.

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24 Do not be friends with a hothead.
Do not go along with someone who has a hot temper.
25 If you do, you will learn his ways
and set a trap for yourself.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:25 Or for your soul

Do not be in a hurry to go to court.
Otherwise, what will you do afterward,
when your neighbor humiliates you?

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