Proverbs 12:16
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16 (A)The vexation of a fool is known at once,
but the prudent ignores an insult.
Proverbs 14:16-17
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16 (A)One who is wise is cautious[a] and (B)turns away from evil,
but a fool is reckless and careless.
17 A man of (C)quick temper acts foolishly,
and a man of evil devices is hated.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:16 Or fears [the Lord]
Proverbs 14:29
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29 Whoever is (A)slow to anger has great understanding,
but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Proverbs 15:18
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Proverbs 16:32
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32 (A)Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 19:11
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11 (A)Good sense makes one slow to anger,
and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 19:19
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19 A man of great wrath will pay the penalty,
for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
Proverbs 22:24-25
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24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,
25 lest you learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 29:8
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8 (A)Scoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.
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