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29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
    but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

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

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32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
    one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

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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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11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger.
    It is his glory to overlook an offense.

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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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23 When you sit to eat with a ruler,
    consider diligently what is before you;
put a knife to your throat,
    if you are a man given to appetite.
Don’t be desirous of his dainties,
    since they are deceitful food.

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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

28 Like a city that is broken down and without walls
    is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

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

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29 He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck
    will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

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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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