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

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16 A stubborn fool immediately lets his annoyance be known,
but a sensible person overlooks an insult.

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17 One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly,
    and the schemer is hated.(A)

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17 A short-tempered person acts foolishly,
and a schemer is hated.

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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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29 A patient person has great understanding,
but an impatient person exalts foolishness.

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15 A soft answer turns away wrath,
    but a harsh word stirs up anger.(A)

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More Wise Ways to Live

15 A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.

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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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18 A hothead stirs up a fight,
but a patient person calms a dispute.

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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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11 Good sense makes a person slow to anger,
and it is to his credit when he overlooks an offense.

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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

19 Someone who has a lot of anger pays the penalty.
If you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

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14 A gift in secret averts anger,
    and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.(A)

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14 A gift given in secret soothes anger,
and a bribe slipped into the pocket soothes fury.

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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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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]

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  1. Proverbs 22:25 Or for your soul

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

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Scoffers stir up a city,
but wise people turn away anger.

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

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22 A hothead stirs up a fight,
and a quick-tempered person commits many sins.

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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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33 because just as pressing milk produces cheese,[a]
and pressing a nose brings forth blood,
so pressing one’s anger produces a fight.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:33 Or churning milk produces butter