29 Whoever is patient has great understanding,(A)
    but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.(B)

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29 (A)He who is slow to wrath has great understanding,
But he who is [a]impulsive exalts folly.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:29 Lit. short of spirit

32 Better a patient person than a warrior,
    one with self-control than one who takes a city.

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32 (A)He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

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11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;(A)
    it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

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11 (A)The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger,
(B)And his glory is to overlook a transgression.

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Saying 7

23 When you sit to dine with a ruler,
    note well what[a] is before you,
and put a knife to your throat
    if you are given to gluttony.
Do not crave his delicacies,(A)
    for that food is deceptive.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:1 Or who

Listen to Your Father

23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you;
And put a knife to your throat
If you are a man given to appetite.
Do not desire his delicacies,
For they are deceptive food.

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28 Like a city whose walls are broken through
    is a person who lacks self-control.

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28 (A)Whoever has no rule over his own spirit
Is like a city broken down, without walls.

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29 Whoever remains stiff-necked(A) after many rebukes
    will suddenly be destroyed(B)—without remedy.(C)

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Happy Is He Who Keeps the Law

29 He(A) who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck,
Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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