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)

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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.”

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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)

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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.

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28 A man who does not control his temper(A)
is like a city whose wall is broken down.(B)

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28 A breached city where there is no wall
    is like a man who has no[a] self-control for his spirit.

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  1. Proverbs 25:28 Literally “there is no”

Fury is cruel, and anger a flood,
but who can withstand jealousy?(A)

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Cruel is wrath and overwhelming is anger,
    but who will stand before jealousy?

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Mockers inflame a city,(A)
but the wise turn away anger.

If a wise man goes to court with a fool,
there will be ranting and raving but no resolution.[a](B)

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  1. Proverbs 29:9 Lit rest

Men of scoffing set a city aflame,
    but the wise turn away wrath.
If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man,
    then there is rankling and ridicule,[a] but there is no relief.

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  1. Proverbs 29:9 Hebrew “there is ridicule”

11 A fool gives full vent to his anger,[a](A)
but a wise man holds it in check.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 29:11 Lit spirit

11 A fool gives all his breath,[a]
    but the wise holds back in quiet.

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  1. Proverbs 29:11 Or “spirit”

22 An angry man stirs up conflict,
and a hot-tempered man[a] increases rebellion.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 29:22 Lit a master of rage

22 A man of anger will stir strife,
    and the owner of anger, much transgression.

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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)

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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.

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  1. Proverbs 30:33 Literally “nostrils”