29 (A)Do not say, “I shall do the same to him as he has done to me;
I will [a]repay the person according to his work.”

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 24:29 Lit bring back

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.”

Read full chapter

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)the Lord will reward you.

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 25:21 Lit one who hates you
  2. Proverbs 25:22 Lit snatch up

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.

Read full chapter

28 Like a (A)city that is broken into and without walls
So is a person (B)who has no self-control over his spirit.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

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

Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But (A)who can stand before jealousy?

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

Arrogant people (A)inflame a city,
But (B)wise people turn away anger.
When a wise person has a controversy with a foolish person,
[a]The foolish person either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 29:9 Lit He

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.

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

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

11 A (A)fool [a]always loses his temper,
But a (B)wise person holds it back.

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 29:11 Lit sends forth all his spirit

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

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 29:11 Or “spirit”

22 An (A)angry person stirs up strife,
And a hot-tempered person abounds in wrongdoing.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

32 If you have been foolish in exalting yourself,
Or if you have plotted evil, (A)put your hand on your mouth.
33 For the [a]churning of milk produces butter,
And pressing the nose produces blood;
So the [b]churning of (B)anger produces strife.

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 30:33 Lit pressing
  2. Proverbs 30:33 Lit pressing

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.

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 30:33 Literally “nostrils”