15 A soft answer turneth away wrath:
    but grievous words stir up anger.

¹⁸ A wrathful man stirreth up strife:
    but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

³² He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
    and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

17 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,
    than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:
    therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.