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29 Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;
    I will repay the man according to his work.”

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29 Do not say, (A)“I will do to him as he has done to me;
    I will pay the man back for what he has done.”

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21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat.
    If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 for you will heap coals of fire on his head,
    and Yahweh will reward you.

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21 (A)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 (B)burning coals on his head,
    and the Lord will reward you.

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28 Like a city that is broken down and without walls
    is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

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28 A man (A)without self-control
    is like (B)a city broken into and left without walls.

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Wrath is cruel,
    and anger is overwhelming;
    but who is able to stand before jealousy?

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Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
    but who can stand before (A)jealousy?

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Mockers stir up a city,
    but wise men turn away anger.
If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man,
    the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

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(A)Scoffers set a city aflame,
    but the wise turn away wrath.
If a wise man has an argument with a fool,
    the fool only rages and laughs, and there is (B)no quiet.

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11 A fool vents all of his anger,
    but a wise man brings himself under control.

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11 A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
    but a wise man quietly holds it back.

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22 An angry man stirs up strife,
    and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

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22 (A)A man of wrath stirs up strife,
    and one given to anger causes much transgression.

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32 “If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself,
    or if you have thought evil,
put your hand over your mouth.
33     For as the churning of milk produces butter,
    and the wringing of the nose produces blood;
    so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”

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32 If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,
    or if you have been devising evil,
    (A)put your hand on your mouth.
33 For pressing milk produces curds,
    pressing the nose produces blood,
    and pressing anger produces strife.

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