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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 Fools show their anger at once,
    but the prudent ignore an insult.(A)

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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 are cautious and turn away from evil,
    but the fool throws off restraint and is careless.(A)
17 One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly,
    and the schemer is hated.(B)

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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 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,
    but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly.(A)

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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 Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife,
    but those who are slow to anger calm contention.(A)

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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 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
    and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.(A)

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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 Those with good sense are slow to anger,
    and it is their glory to overlook an offense.(A)

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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 A violent-tempered person will pay the penalty;
    if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 19.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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 Make no friends with those given to anger,
    and do not associate with hotheads,
25 lest you learn their ways
    and entangle yourself in a snare.

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

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Scoffers set a city aflame,
    but the wise turn away wrath.(A)

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

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22 One given to anger stirs up strife,
    and the hothead causes much transgression.(A)

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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 For as pressing milk produces curds
    and pressing the nose produces blood,
    so pressing anger produces strife.(A)

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