Proverbs 24:29
Revised Standard Version
29 Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will pay the man back for what he has done.”
Proverbs 24:29
American Standard Version
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.
Proverbs 25:21-22
Revised Standard Version
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat;
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 for you will heap coals of fire on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.
Proverbs 25:21-22
American Standard Version
21 If [a]thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat;
And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
22 For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head,
And Jehovah will reward thee.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:21 Hebrew he that hateth thee.
Proverbs 25:28
Revised Standard Version
28 A man without self-control
is like a city broken into and left without walls.
Proverbs 25:28
American Standard Version
28 [a]He whose spirit is without restraint
Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:28 Or, He that hath no rule over his spirit
Proverbs 27:4
Revised Standard Version
4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming;
but who can stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 27:4
American Standard Version
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is [a]overwhelming;
But who is able to stand before jealousy?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:4 Hebrew a flood.
Proverbs 29:8-9
Revised Standard Version
8 Scoffers set a city aflame,
but wise men turn away wrath.
9 If a wise man has an argument with a fool,
the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
Proverbs 29:8-9
American Standard Version
8 Scoffers set a city in a flame;
But wise men turn away wrath.
9 If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man,
[a]Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:9 Or, He rageth and laugheth, and there is no rest
Proverbs 29:11
Revised Standard Version
11 A fool gives full vent to his anger,
but a wise man quietly holds it back.
Proverbs 29:11
American Standard Version
11 A fool uttereth all his [a]anger;
But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:11 Hebrew spirit.
Proverbs 29:22
Revised Standard Version
22 A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and a man given to anger causes much transgression.
Proverbs 29:22
American Standard Version
22 An angry man stirreth up strife,
And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.
Proverbs 30:32-33
Revised Standard Version
32 If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,
or if you have been devising evil,
put your hand on your mouth.
33 For pressing milk produces curds,
pressing the nose produces blood,
and pressing anger produces strife.
Proverbs 30:32-33
American Standard Version
32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,
Or if thou hast thought evil,
Lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
33 For the [a]churning of milk bringeth forth butter,
And the [b]wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood;
So the [c]forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:33 Hebrew pressing.
- Proverbs 30:33 Hebrew pressing.
- Proverbs 30:33 Hebrew pressing.
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