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
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
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
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
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
New Living Translation
28 A person without self-control
is like a city with broken-down walls.
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
New Living Translation
4 Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood,
but jealousy is even more dangerous.
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
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
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:11 Lit sends forth all his spirit
Proverbs 29:11
New Living Translation
11 Fools vent their anger,
but the wise quietly hold it back.
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
New Living Translation
22 An angry person starts fights;
a hot-tempered person commits all kinds of sin.
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
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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