Proverbs 24:29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
29 Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me;
I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”(A)
Proverbs 24:29
Lexham English Bible
29 Do not say, “Just as he has done to me, so shall I do to him;
I will pay back the man according to his deed.”
Proverbs 25:21-22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;(A)
22 for you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.(B)
Proverbs 25:21-22
Lexham English Bible
21 If your enemy is hungry, feed him bread,
and if thirsty, let him drink water.
22 For coals of fire you will heap upon his head,
and Yahweh will reward you.
Proverbs 25:28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 25:28
Lexham English Bible
28 A breached city where there is no wall
is like a man who has no[a] self-control for his spirit.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:28 Literally “there is no”
Proverbs 27:4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 Fury is cruel, and anger a flood,
but who can withstand jealousy?(A)
Proverbs 27:4
Lexham English Bible
4 Cruel is wrath and overwhelming is anger,
but who will stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 29:8-9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 Mockers inflame a city,(A)
but the wise turn away anger.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:9 Lit rest
Proverbs 29:8-9
Lexham English Bible
8 Men of scoffing set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.
9 If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man,
then there is rankling and ridicule,[a] but there is no relief.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:9 Hebrew “there is ridicule”
Proverbs 29:11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:11 Lit spirit
Proverbs 29:11
Lexham English Bible
11 A fool gives all his breath,[a]
but the wise holds back in quiet.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:11 Or “spirit”
Proverbs 29:22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:22 Lit a master of rage
Proverbs 29:22
Lexham English Bible
22 A man of anger will stir strife,
and the owner of anger, much transgression.
Proverbs 30:32-33
Holman Christian Standard Bible
32 If you have been foolish by exalting yourself
or if you’ve been scheming,
put your hand over your mouth.(A)
33 For the churning of milk produces butter,
and twisting a nose draws blood,
and stirring up anger produces strife.(B)
Proverbs 30:32-33
Lexham English Bible
32 If you have been foolish by exalting yourself,
and if you have devised evil, put your hand to your mouth.
33 For pressing milk produces curd,
and pressing the nose produces blood,
so pressing anger[a] produces strife.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:33 Literally “nostrils”
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