Proverbs 12:16
English Standard Version
16 (A)The vexation of a fool is known at once,
but the prudent ignores an insult.
Proverbs 12:16
Common English Bible
16 Fools reveal their anger right away,
but the shrewd hide their contempt.
Proverbs 14:16-17
English Standard Version
16 (A)One who is wise is cautious[a] and (B)turns away from evil,
but a fool is reckless and careless.
17 A man of (C)quick temper acts foolishly,
and a man of evil devices is hated.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:16 Or fears [the Lord]
Proverbs 14:16-17
Common English Bible
16 The wise are careful and avoid evil,
but fools become excited and overconfident.
17 Short-tempered people make stupid mistakes,
and schemers are hated.
Proverbs 14:29
English Standard Version
29 Whoever is (A)slow to anger has great understanding,
but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Proverbs 14:29
Common English Bible
29 Patience leads to abundant understanding,
but impatience leads to stupid mistakes.
Proverbs 15:18
English Standard Version
Proverbs 15:18
Common English Bible
18 Hotheads stir up conflict,
but patient people calm down strife.
Proverbs 16:32
English Standard Version
32 (A)Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 16:32
Common English Bible
32 Better to be patient than a warrior,
and better to have self-control than to capture a city.
Proverbs 19:11
English Standard Version
11 (A)Good sense makes one slow to anger,
and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 19:11
Common English Bible
11 Insightful people restrain their anger;
their glory is to ignore an offense.
Proverbs 19:19
English Standard Version
19 A man of great wrath will pay the penalty,
for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
Proverbs 19:19
Common English Bible
19 Angry people must pay the penalty;
if you rescue them, then you will have to do it again.
Proverbs 22:24-25
English Standard Version
24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,
25 lest you learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 22:24-25
Common English Bible
24 Don’t befriend people controlled by anger;
don’t associate with hot-tempered people;
25 otherwise, you will learn their ways
and become trapped.
Proverbs 29:8
English Standard Version
8 (A)Scoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.
Proverbs 29:8
Common English Bible
8 Mockers set a city on fire,
but the wise turn back anger.
Proverbs 29:22
English Standard Version
22 (A)A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and one given to anger causes much transgression.
Proverbs 29:22
Common English Bible
22 Angry people stir up conflict;
hotheads cause much offense.
Proverbs 30:33
English Standard Version
33 For pressing milk produces curds,
pressing the nose produces blood,
and pressing anger produces strife.
Proverbs 30:33
Common English Bible
33 because churning milk makes curds,
squeezing the nose brings blood,
and stirring up anger produces strife.
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