29 Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me;
    I’ll pay them back for what they did.”(A)

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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.”

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

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:22 The Heb. lacks of shame

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

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28 Like a city with breached walls
    is a man without self-control.

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Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,
    but who can stand before jealousy?(A)

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Wrath can be fierce and anger overwhelms
    but who can stand up to jealousy?

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

If a wise person goes to court with a fool,
    the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.

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Scornful men enflame a city,
    but the wise defuse anger.
When a wise man has a dispute with a fool,
    the fool either rages or laughs without relief.

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11 Fools give full vent to their rage,(A)
    but the wise bring calm in the end.(B)

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11 The fool vents all his feelings,[a]
    but the wise person keeps them to himself.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:11 Lit. spirit
  2. Proverbs 29:11 The Heb. lacks to himself

22 An angry person stirs up conflict,
    and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.(A)

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22 An angry man stirs up arguments,
    and a hot-tempered man causes many transgressions.

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32 “If you play the fool and exalt yourself,
    or if you plan evil,
    clap your hand over your mouth!(A)
33 For as churning cream produces butter,
    and as twisting the nose produces blood,
    so stirring up anger produces strife.”

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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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