29 Do not say, (A)“I will do to him as he has done to me;
    I will pay the man back for what he has done.”

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29 Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me;
I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”(A)

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21 (A)If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,
    and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
22 for you will heap (B)burning coals on his head,
    and the Lord will reward you.

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21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;(A)
22 for you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.(B)

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28 A man (A)without self-control
    is like (B)a city broken into and left without walls.

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28 A man who does not control his temper(A)
is like a city whose wall is broken down.(B)

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Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
    but who can stand before (A)jealousy?

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Fury is cruel, and anger a flood,
but who can withstand jealousy?(A)

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(A)Scoffers set a city aflame,
    but the wise turn away wrath.
If a wise man has an argument with a fool,
    the fool only rages and laughs, and there is (B)no quiet.

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Mockers inflame a city,(A)
but the wise turn away anger.

If a wise man goes to court with a fool,
there will be ranting and raving but no resolution.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:9 Lit rest

11 A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
    but a wise man quietly holds it back.

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11 A fool gives full vent to his anger,[a](A)
but a wise man holds it in check.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:11 Lit spirit

22 (A)A man of wrath stirs up strife,
    and one given to anger causes much transgression.

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22 An angry man stirs up conflict,
and a hot-tempered man[a] increases rebellion.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 29:22 Lit a master of rage

32 If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,
    or if you have been devising evil,
    (A)put your hand on your mouth.
33 For pressing milk produces curds,
    pressing the nose produces blood,
    and pressing anger produces strife.

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32 If you have been foolish by exalting yourself
or if you’ve been scheming,
put your hand over your mouth.(A)
33 For the churning of milk produces butter,
and twisting a nose draws blood,
and stirring up anger produces strife.(B)

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