Proverbs 12:16
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:16 Or vexation
Proverbs 12:16
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 A stubborn fool immediately lets his annoyance be known,
but a sensible person overlooks an insult.
Proverbs 14:16-17
Legacy Standard Bible
16 A wise man fears and (A)turns away from evil,
But a fool gets angry and feels secure.
17 A quick-tempered man acts in folly,
And a man of evil schemes is hated.
Proverbs 14:16-17
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 A wise person fears and turns from evil,
but a fool is rash and overconfident.
17 A short-tempered person acts foolishly,
and a schemer is hated.
Proverbs 14:29
Legacy Standard Bible
29 He who is (A)slow to anger has great discernment,
But he who is [a]quick-tempered raises up folly.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:29 Lit short of spirit
Proverbs 14:29
Evangelical Heritage Version
29 A patient person has great understanding,
but an impatient person exalts foolishness.
Proverbs 15:18
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 15:18
Evangelical Heritage Version
18 A hothead stirs up a fight,
but a patient person calms a dispute.
Proverbs 16:32
Legacy Standard Bible
32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his own spirit, than he who captures a city.
Proverbs 16:32
Evangelical Heritage Version
32 Better to be patient than to be a hero,
better to control your temper than to capture a city.
Proverbs 19:11
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 19:11
Evangelical Heritage Version
11 Good sense makes a person slow to anger,
and it is to his credit when he overlooks an offense.
Proverbs 19:19
Legacy Standard Bible
19 A man of great wrath will bear the penalty,
For if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
Proverbs 19:19
Evangelical Heritage Version
19 Someone who has a lot of anger pays the penalty.
If you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
Proverbs 22:24-25
Legacy Standard Bible
24 Do not befriend a man of anger;
And do not come along with a man of (A)great wrath,
25 Lest you (B)learn his ways
And take on a snare against your soul.
Proverbs 22:24-25
Evangelical Heritage Version
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]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:25 Or for your soul
Proverbs 29:8
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:8 Lit breathe out
Proverbs 29:8
Evangelical Heritage Version
8 Scoffers stir up a city,
but wise people turn away anger.
Proverbs 29:22
Legacy Standard Bible
22 An (A)angry man stirs up strife,
And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
Proverbs 29:22
Evangelical Heritage Version
22 A hothead stirs up a fight,
and a quick-tempered person commits many sins.
Proverbs 30:33
Legacy Standard Bible
33 For pressing milk brings forth butter,
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
And pressing (A)anger brings forth strife.
Proverbs 30:33
Evangelical Heritage Version
33 because just as pressing milk produces cheese,[a]
and pressing a nose brings forth blood,
so pressing one’s anger produces a fight.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:33 Or churning milk produces butter
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