Proverbs 24:29
English Standard Version
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.”
Proverbs 24:29
International Standard Version
29 Don’t say, “I’ll do to him like he did to me,
I’ll be sure to pay him back for what he did.”
Proverbs 25:21-22
English Standard Version
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.
Proverbs 25:21-22
International Standard Version
21 If your enemy hungers, give him food to eat;
and if he thirsts, give him water to drink.
22 For you’ll be piling burning coals of shame[a] on his head
and the Lord will reward you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:22 The Heb. lacks of shame
Proverbs 25:28
English Standard Version
Proverbs 25:28
International Standard Version
28 Like a city with breached walls
is a man without self-control.
Proverbs 27:4
English Standard Version
4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
but who can stand before (A)jealousy?
Proverbs 27:4
International Standard Version
4 Wrath can be fierce and anger overwhelms
but who can stand up to jealousy?
Proverbs 29:8-9
English Standard Version
8 (A)Scoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.
9 If a wise man has an argument with a fool,
the fool only rages and laughs, and there is (B)no quiet.
Proverbs 29:8-9
International Standard Version
8 Scornful men enflame a city,
but the wise defuse anger.
9 When a wise man has a dispute with a fool,
the fool either rages or laughs without relief.
Proverbs 29:11
English Standard Version
11 A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
but a wise man quietly holds it back.
Proverbs 29:11
International Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:11 Lit. spirit
- Proverbs 29:11 The Heb. lacks to himself
Proverbs 29:22
English Standard Version
22 (A)A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and one given to anger causes much transgression.
Proverbs 29:22
International Standard Version
22 An angry man stirs up arguments,
and a hot-tempered man causes many transgressions.
Proverbs 30:32-33
English Standard Version
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.
Proverbs 30:32-33
International Standard Version
32 If you’ve foolishly exalted yourself
or if you’ve plotted evil,
put your hand over your mouth.
33 Just as whipping milk produces butter,
and twisting the nose causes bleeding,
so also stirring up anger produces contention.
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