Proverbs 24:29
World English Bible
29 Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will repay the man according to his work.”
Proverbs 24:29
American Standard Version
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.
Proverbs 25:21-22
World English Bible
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat.
If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 for you will heap coals of fire on his head,
and Yahweh will reward you.
Proverbs 25:21-22
American Standard Version
21 If [a]thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat;
And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
22 For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head,
And Jehovah will reward thee.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:21 Hebrew he that hateth thee.
Proverbs 25:28
World English Bible
28 Like a city that is broken down and without walls
is a man whose spirit is without restraint.
Proverbs 25:28
American Standard Version
28 [a]He whose spirit is without restraint
Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:28 Or, He that hath no rule over his spirit
Proverbs 27:4
World English Bible
4 Wrath is cruel,
and anger is overwhelming;
but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 27:4
American Standard Version
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is [a]overwhelming;
But who is able to stand before jealousy?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:4 Hebrew a flood.
Proverbs 29:8-9
World English Bible
8 Mockers stir up a city,
but wise men turn away anger.
9 If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man,
the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.
Proverbs 29:8-9
American Standard Version
8 Scoffers set a city in a flame;
But wise men turn away wrath.
9 If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man,
[a]Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:9 Or, He rageth and laugheth, and there is no rest
Proverbs 29:11
World English Bible
11 A fool vents all of his anger,
but a wise man brings himself under control.
Proverbs 29:11
American Standard Version
11 A fool uttereth all his [a]anger;
But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:11 Hebrew spirit.
Proverbs 29:22
World English Bible
22 An angry man stirs up strife,
and a wrathful man abounds in sin.
Proverbs 29:22
American Standard Version
22 An angry man stirreth up strife,
And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.
Proverbs 30:32-33
World English Bible
32 “If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself,
or if you have thought evil,
put your hand over your mouth.
33 For as the churning of milk produces butter,
and the wringing of the nose produces blood;
so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”
Proverbs 30:32-33
American Standard Version
32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,
Or if thou hast thought evil,
Lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
33 For the [a]churning of milk bringeth forth butter,
And the [b]wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood;
So the [c]forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:33 Hebrew pressing.
- Proverbs 30:33 Hebrew pressing.
- Proverbs 30:33 Hebrew pressing.
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