Proverbs 14:17
Evangelical Heritage Version
17 A short-tempered person acts foolishly,
and a schemer is hated.
Proverbs 14:17
Lexham English Bible
17 He who is short of temper[a] will act foolishly,
and the man who schemes will be hated.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:17 Literally “nostril”
Proverbs 14:29
Evangelical Heritage Version
29 A patient person has great understanding,
but an impatient person exalts foolishness.
Proverbs 14:29
Lexham English Bible
29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
but the hasty of spirit[a] exalts folly.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:29 Or “breath”
Proverbs 15:18
Evangelical Heritage Version
18 A hothead stirs up a fight,
but a patient person calms a dispute.
Proverbs 15:18
Lexham English Bible
18 A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife,
but he who is slow to anger,[a] he will calm contention.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:18 Literally “nostrils”
Proverbs 22:24-25
Evangelical Heritage Version
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]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:25 Or for your soul
Proverbs 22:24-25
Lexham English Bible
24 Do not befriend an owner[a] of anger,[b]
and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;
25 lest you learn his way
and become entangled in a snare to yourself.[c]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:24 Or “master”
- Proverbs 22:24 Literally “nostril”
- Proverbs 22:25 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 25:8
Evangelical Heritage Version
8 Do not be in a hurry to go to court.
Otherwise, what will you do afterward,
when your neighbor humiliates you?
Proverbs 25:8
Lexham English Bible
8 do not hastily bring out to court,
for[a] what will you do at its end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:8 Or “lest”
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