32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And one who rules his spirit, than one who captures a city.

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32 (A)He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

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28 Like a (A)city that is broken into and without walls
So is a person (B)who has no self-control over his spirit.

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28 (A)Whoever has no rule over his own spirit
Is like a city broken down, without walls.

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11 A (A)fool [a]always loses his temper,
But a (B)wise person holds it back.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:11 Lit sends forth all his spirit

11 A fool vents all his (A)feelings,[a]
But a wise man holds them back.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:11 Lit. spirit