Proverbs 12:16
New International Version
Proverbs 12:16
Common English Bible
16 Fools reveal their anger right away,
but the shrewd hide their contempt.
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
New International Version
Proverbs 14:29
Common English Bible
29 Patience leads to abundant understanding,
but impatience leads to stupid mistakes.
Proverbs 15:18
New International Version
Proverbs 15:18
Common English Bible
18 Hotheads stir up conflict,
but patient people calm down strife.
Proverbs 16:32
New International Version
32 Better a patient person than a warrior,
one with self-control than one 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
New International Version
11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;(A)
it is to one’s 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
New International Version
19 A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;
rescue them, and you will 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
New International Version
Saying 3
24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
do not associate with one easily angered,
25 or you may learn their ways
and get yourself ensnared.(A)
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
New International Version
8 Mockers stir up a city,
but the wise turn away anger.(A)
Proverbs 29:8
Common English Bible
8 Mockers set a city on fire,
but the wise turn back anger.
Proverbs 29:22
New International Version
22 An angry person stirs up conflict,
and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.(A)
Proverbs 29:22
Common English Bible
22 Angry people stir up conflict;
hotheads cause much offense.
Proverbs 30:33
New International Version
33 For as churning cream produces butter,
and as twisting the nose produces blood,
so stirring up 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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