Proverbs 14:29
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29 He that is slow to wrath, is of great wisdom: but he that is of an hasty mind, exalteth folly.
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Proverbs 16:32
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32 He that is slow unto anger, is better than the mighty man: and he that ruleth his own mind, is better than he that winneth a city.
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Proverbs 19:11
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11 The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is [a]to pass by an offence.
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- Proverbs 19:11 That is, to cover it by charity, and to do therein as may most serve to God’s glory.
Proverbs 23:1-3
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23 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, [a]consider diligently what is before thee,
2 [b]And put thy knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to the appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainty meats: [c]for it is a deceivable meat.
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- Proverbs 23:1 Eat with sobriety.
- Proverbs 23:2 Bridle thine appetite, as it were by force and violence.
- Proverbs 23:3 For ofttimes the rich when they bid their inferiors to their tables, it is not for the love they bear them, but for their own secret purposes.
Proverbs 25:28
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28 A man that refraineth not his appetite, is like a city which is [a]broken down and without walls.
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- Proverbs 25:28 And so is in extreme danger.
Proverbs 29:1
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29 1 A man that hardeneth his neck when he is rebuked, shall suddenly be destroyed, and cannot be cured.
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