Proverbs 24:29
World English Bible
29 Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will repay the man according to his work.”
Proverbs 24:29
New King James Version
29 (A)Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.”
Proverbs 25:21-22
World English Bible
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.
Proverbs 25:21-22
New King James Version
21 (A)If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 For so you will heap coals of fire on his head,
(B)And the Lord will reward you.
Proverbs 25:28
World English Bible
28 Like a city that is broken down and without walls
is a man whose spirit is without restraint.
Proverbs 25:28
New King James Version
28 (A)Whoever has no rule over his own spirit
Is like a city broken down, without walls.
Proverbs 27:4
World English Bible
4 Wrath is cruel,
and anger is overwhelming;
but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 27:4
New King James Version
4 Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent,
But (A)who is able to stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 29:8-9
World English Bible
8 Mockers stir up a city,
but wise men turn away anger.
9 If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man,
the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.
Proverbs 29:8-9
New King James Version
8 Scoffers (A)set a city aflame,
But wise men turn away wrath.
9 If a wise man contends with a foolish man,
(B)Whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no peace.
Proverbs 29:11
World English Bible
11 A fool vents all of his anger,
but a wise man brings himself under control.
Proverbs 29:11
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:11 Lit. spirit
Proverbs 29:22
World English Bible
22 An angry man stirs up strife,
and a wrathful man abounds in sin.
Proverbs 29:22
New King James Version
22 (A)An angry man stirs up strife,
And a furious man abounds in transgression.
Proverbs 30:32-33
World English Bible
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.”
Proverbs 30:32-33
New King James Version
32 If you have been foolish in exalting yourself,
Or if you have devised evil, (A)put your hand on your mouth.
33 For as the churning of milk produces butter,
And wringing the nose produces blood,
So the forcing of wrath produces strife.
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