Proverbs 24:29
Legacy Standard Bible
29 (A)Do not say, “As he did to me so I shall do to him;
I will [a]render to the man according to his work.”
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:29 Lit bring back
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
Legacy Standard Bible
21 (A)If [a]your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 For you will [b]heap burning coals on his head,
And (B)Yahweh will repay you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:21 Lit one who hates you
- Proverbs 25:22 Lit snatch up
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
Legacy Standard Bible
28 Like a (A)city that is broken into and without a wall
Is a man (B)without restraint over his spirit.
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
Legacy Standard Bible
4 Wrath is cruelty and anger is a flood,
But (A)who can stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 27:4
Lexham English Bible
4 Cruel is wrath and overwhelming is anger,
but who will stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 29:8-9
Legacy Standard Bible
8 Scoffers [a](A)set a city aflame,
But (B)wise men turn away anger.
9 When a wise man is brought into judgment with a man who is an ignorant fool,
[b]The ignorant fool both rages and laughs, and there is no rest.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:8 Lit breathe out
- Proverbs 29:9 Lit He
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
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:11 Lit sends forth all his 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
Legacy Standard Bible
22 An (A)angry man stirs up strife,
And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
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
Legacy Standard Bible
32 If you have been wickedly foolish in lifting yourself up,
Or if you have schemed evil, (A)put your hand on your mouth.
33 For pressing milk brings forth butter,
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
And pressing (B)anger brings forth strife.
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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