²⁹ Don’t say, “I’ll do to them what they did to me.
    I’ll pay them back for their actions.”

²¹ If your enemies are starving, feed them some bread;
    if they are thirsty, give them water to drink.
²² By doing this, you will heap burning coals on their heads,
    and the Lord will reward you.

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

⁴ Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood,
    but who can withstand jealousy?

⁸ Mockers set a city on fire,
    but the wise turn back anger.
⁹ When the wise make a legal charge against the foolish,
    the fools shout, they laugh—there is no calm.