Proverbs 16:32

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

³²One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.^(A)

Proverbs 16:32

Common English Bible

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

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

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

¹¹A fool gives full vent to anger,
but the wise quietly holds it back.^(A)

¹¹Fools show all their anger,
but the wise hold it back.

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

Common English Bible (CEB)