^29 (A)He who is slow to wrath has great understanding,
But he who is ^[a]impulsive exalts folly.

^18 (A)A wrathful man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger allays contention.

^32 (A)He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

^11 (A)The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger,
^(B)And his glory is to overlook a transgression.

¹⁹ A man of great wrath will suffer punishment;
For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

²⁴ Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a ^(A)furious man do not go,
²⁵ Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.

⁸ Scoffers ^(A)set a city aflame,
But wise men turn away wrath.

^22 (A)An angry man stirs up strife,
And a furious man abounds in transgression.