Proverbs 14:29
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29 ·Patient people have great [Patience leads to] understanding,
but ·people with quick tempers show their foolishness [impatience leads to stupid mistakes].
Proverbs 16:32
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32 Patience is better than strength [or A patient person is better than a warrior].
Controlling your temper is better than capturing a city.
Proverbs 19:11
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11 The ·wise [insightful] ·are patient [L hold in their anger];
they will be ·honored [praised; glorified] if they ignore ·insults [offenses].
Proverbs 23:1-3
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23 ·If [or When] you sit down to eat with a ruler,
notice ·the food that [L what] is in front of you.
2 ·Control yourself [L Place a knife at your throat]
·if you have a big [or to control your] appetite.
3 Don’t ·be greedy [long] for his fine foods,
because that food might be ·a trick [false; deceptive].
Proverbs 25:28
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28 Those who ·do not control themselves [are unrestrained in spirit]
are like a city whose walls are broken down.
Proverbs 29:1
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29 Whoever is ·stubborn [L stiff-necked] after being corrected many times
will suddenly be ·hurt [broken] beyond ·cure [healing].
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