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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 Patience leads to abundant understanding,
    but impatience leads to stupid mistakes.

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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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32 Better to be patient than a warrior,
    and better to have self-control than to capture a city.

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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 Insightful people restrain their anger;
    their glory is to ignore an offense.

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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

23 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
    carefully consider what is in front of you.
Place a knife at your throat
    to control your appetite.
Don’t long for the ruler’s delicacies;
    the food misleads.

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

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28 A person without self-control
    is like a breached city, one with no walls.

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

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29 One who stays stubborn after many corrections
    will be suddenly broken, beyond healing.

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