Proverbs 12:16
World English Bible
16 A fool shows his annoyance the same day,
but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.
Proverbs 12:16
English Standard Version
16 (A)The vexation of a fool is known at once,
but the prudent ignores an insult.
Proverbs 14:17
World English Bible
17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly,
and a crafty man is hated.
Proverbs 14:17
English Standard Version
17 A man of (A)quick temper acts foolishly,
and a man of evil devices is hated.
Proverbs 14:29
World English Bible
29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
Proverbs 14:29
English Standard Version
29 Whoever is (A)slow to anger has great understanding,
but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Proverbs 15:1
World English Bible
15 A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:1
English Standard Version
Proverbs 15:18
World English Bible
18 A wrathful man stirs up contention,
but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 15:18
English Standard Version
Proverbs 19:11
World English Bible
11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger.
It is his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 19:11
English Standard Version
11 (A)Good sense makes one slow to anger,
and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 19:19
World English Bible
19 A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty,
for if you rescue him, you must do it again.
Proverbs 19:19
English Standard Version
19 A man of great wrath will pay the penalty,
for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
Proverbs 21:14
World English Bible
14 A gift in secret pacifies anger,
and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
Proverbs 21:14
English Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:14 Hebrew a bribe in the bosom
Proverbs 22:24-25
World English Bible
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.
Proverbs 22:24-25
English Standard Version
24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,
25 lest you learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 29:8
World English Bible
8 Mockers stir up a city,
but wise men turn away anger.
Proverbs 29:8
English Standard Version
8 (A)Scoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.
Proverbs 29:22
World English Bible
22 An angry man stirs up strife,
and a wrathful man abounds in sin.
Proverbs 29:22
English Standard Version
22 (A)A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and one given to anger causes much transgression.
Proverbs 30:33
World English Bible
33 For as the churning of milk produces butter,
and the wringing of the nose produces blood;
so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”
Proverbs 30:33
English Standard Version
33 For pressing milk produces curds,
pressing the nose produces blood,
and pressing anger produces strife.
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