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16 A fool shows his annoyance the same day,
    but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

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16 The anger of a fool becomes readily apparent,
    but the prudent person overlooks an insult.

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16 A wise man fears and shuns evil,
    but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly,
    and a crafty man is hated.

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16 The wise person fears and turns away from evil,
    but a fool is reckless and overconfident.
17 A quick tempered person does foolish things,
    and a devious man is hated.

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29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
    but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

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29 Being slow to get angry compares to great understanding
    as being quick-tempered compares to stupidity.

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18 A wrathful man stirs up contention,
    but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

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18 The quickly angered man stirs up contention,
    but anyone who controls his temper calms a dispute.

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32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
    one who rules his spirit, than he who takes 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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11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger.
    It is his glory to overlook an offense.

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11 A person’s discretion makes him slow to anger,
    and it is to his credit that he ignores an offence.

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19 A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty,
    for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

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19 The person who has great anger must pay the consequences,
    because if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

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24 Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man,
    and don’t associate with one who harbors anger:
25 lest you learn his ways,
    and ensnare your soul.

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24 Don’t make friends with a hot-tempered man,
    and do not associate with someone who is easily angered,
25 or you may learn his ways
    and find yourself caught in a trap.

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Mockers stir up a city,
    but wise men turn away anger.

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Scornful men enflame a city,
    but the wise defuse anger.

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22 An angry man stirs up strife,
    and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

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22 An angry man stirs up arguments,
    and a hot-tempered man causes many transgressions.

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33     For as the churning of milk produces butter,
    and the wringing of the nose produces blood;
    so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”

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33 Just as whipping milk produces butter,
    and twisting the nose causes bleeding,
        so also stirring up anger produces contention.

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