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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 Whoever controls his temper is better than a warrior,
    and anyone who has control of his spirit is better
        than someone who captures a city.

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

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

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28 Like a city with breached walls
    is a man without self-control.

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28 Like a city whose walls are broken through
    is a person who lacks self-control.

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11 Fools vent their anger,
    but the wise quietly hold it back.

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11 The fool vents all his feelings,[a]
    but the wise person keeps them to himself.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:11 Lit. spirit
  2. Proverbs 29:11 The Heb. lacks to himself

11 Fools give full vent to their rage,(A)
    but the wise bring calm in the end.(B)

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