Proverbs 24:29
English Standard Version
29 Do not say, (A)“I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will pay the man back for what he has done.”
Proverbs 24:29
New Living Translation
29 And don’t say, “Now I can pay them back for what they’ve done to me!
I’ll get even with them!”
Proverbs 25:21-22
English Standard Version
21 (A)If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
22 for you will heap (B)burning coals on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.
Proverbs 25:21-22
New Living Translation
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.
Proverbs 25:28
English Standard Version
Proverbs 25:28
New Living Translation
28 A person without self-control
is like a city with broken-down walls.
Proverbs 27:4
English Standard Version
4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
but who can stand before (A)jealousy?
Proverbs 27:4
New Living Translation
4 Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood,
but jealousy is even more dangerous.
Proverbs 29:8-9
English Standard Version
8 (A)Scoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.
9 If a wise man has an argument with a fool,
the fool only rages and laughs, and there is (B)no quiet.
Proverbs 29:8-9
New Living Translation
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.
Proverbs 29:11
English Standard Version
11 A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
but a wise man quietly holds it back.
Proverbs 29:11
New Living Translation
11 Fools vent their anger,
but the wise quietly hold it back.
Proverbs 29:22
English Standard Version
22 (A)A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and one given to anger causes much transgression.
Proverbs 29:22
New Living Translation
22 An angry person starts fights;
a hot-tempered person commits all kinds of sin.
Proverbs 30:32-33
English Standard Version
32 If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,
or if you have been devising evil,
(A)put your hand on your mouth.
33 For pressing milk produces curds,
pressing the nose produces blood,
and pressing anger produces strife.
Proverbs 30:32-33
New Living Translation
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.
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