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 (A)Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.”

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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 (A)If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 For so you will heap coals of fire on his head,
(B)And the Lord will reward you.

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

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Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent,
But (A)who is able to stand before 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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Scoffers (A)set a city aflame,
But wise men turn away wrath.

If a wise man contends with a foolish man,
(B)Whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no peace.

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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 A fool vents all his (A)feelings,[a]
But a wise man holds them back.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:11 Lit. spirit

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

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22 (A)An angry man stirs up strife,
And a furious man abounds in transgression.

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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 have been foolish in exalting yourself,
Or if you have devised evil, (A)put your hand on your mouth.
33 For as the churning of milk produces butter,
And wringing the nose produces blood,
So the forcing of wrath produces strife.

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