²⁹ And don’t say, “Now I can pay them back for what they’ve done to me!
    I’ll get even with them!”

²¹ If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat.
    If they are thirsty, give them water to drink.
²² You will heap burning coals of shame on their heads,
    and the Lord will reward you.

²⁸ A person without self-control
    is like a city with broken-down walls.

⁴ Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood,
    but jealousy is even more dangerous.

⁸ Mockers can get a whole town agitated,
    but the wise will calm anger.

⁹ If a wise person takes a fool to court,
    there will be ranting and ridicule but no satisfaction.

¹¹ Fools vent their anger,
    but the wise quietly hold it back.

²² An angry person starts fights;
    a hot-tempered person commits all kinds of sin.

³² If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil,
    cover your mouth in shame.

³³ As the beating of cream yields butter
    and striking the nose causes bleeding,
    so stirring up anger causes quarrels.