29 Whoever is patient has great understanding,(A)
    but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.(B)

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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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32 Better a patient person than a warrior,
    one with self-control than one 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 A person’s wisdom yields patience;(A)
    it is to one’s 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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Saying 7

23 When you sit to dine with a ruler,
    note well what[a] is before you,
and put a knife to your throat
    if you are given to gluttony.
Do not crave his delicacies,(A)
    for that food is deceptive.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:1 Or who

23 When you sit down to eat with an official,
    observe carefully what[a] is before you,
and put a knife to your throat
    if you have a big appetite.
Do not desire an official’s[b] delicacies,
    for they are deceptive food.(A)

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  1. 23.1 Or who
  2. 23.3 Heb his

28 Like a city whose walls are broken through
    is a person who lacks self-control.

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28 Like a city breached, without walls,
    is one who lacks self-control.(A)

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29 Whoever remains stiff-necked(A) after many rebukes
    will suddenly be destroyed(B)—without remedy.(C)

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29 One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn,
    will suddenly be broken beyond healing.(A)

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