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

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Arrogant people (A)inflame a city,
But (B)wise people turn away anger.

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Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

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Scoffers (A)set a city aflame,
But wise men turn away wrath.

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

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11 A (A)fool [a]always loses his temper,
But a (B)wise person holds it back.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:11 Lit sends forth all his spirit

11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

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11 A fool vents all his (A)feelings,[a]
But a wise man holds them back.

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  1. Proverbs 29:11 Lit. spirit

26 Many seek an audience with a ruler,(A)
    but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.(B)

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26 (A)Many seek the ruler’s [a]favor,
But (B)justice for mankind comes from the Lord.

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  1. Proverbs 29:26 Lit face

26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the Lord.

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26 (A)Many seek the ruler’s [a]favor,
But justice for man comes from the Lord.

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  1. Proverbs 29:26 Lit. face