Proverbs 24:29
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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.”
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:29 Lit bring back
Proverbs 24:29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
29 Do not say, “I will do to others as they have done to me;
I will pay them back for what they have done.”(A)
Proverbs 25:21-22
New American 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)the Lord will reward you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:21 Lit one who hates you
- Proverbs 25:22 Lit snatch up
Proverbs 25:21-22
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21 If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat,
and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink,(A)
22 for you will heap coals of fire on their heads,
and the Lord will reward you.(B)
Proverbs 25:28
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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.
Proverbs 25:28
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28 Like a city breached, without walls,
is one who lacks self-control.(A)
Proverbs 27:4
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4 Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But (A)who can stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 27:4
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4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 29:8-9
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8 Arrogant people (A)inflame a city,
But (B)wise people turn away anger.
9 When a wise person has a controversy with a foolish person,
[a]The foolish person either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:9 Lit He
Proverbs 29:8-9
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8 Scoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.(A)
9 If the wise go to law with fools,
there is ranting and ridicule without relief.
Proverbs 29:11
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:11 Lit sends forth all his spirit
Proverbs 29:11
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11 A fool gives full vent to anger,
but the wise quietly holds it back.(A)
Proverbs 29:22
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22 An (A)angry person stirs up strife,
And a hot-tempered person abounds in wrongdoing.
Proverbs 29:22
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22 One given to anger stirs up strife,
and the hothead causes much transgression.(A)
Proverbs 30:32-33
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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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:33 Lit pressing
- Proverbs 30:33 Lit pressing
Proverbs 30:32-33
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32 If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,
or if you have been devising evil,
put your hand on your mouth.(A)
33 For as pressing milk produces curds
and pressing the nose produces blood,
so pressing anger produces strife.(B)
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