Proverbs 14:29; Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 19:11; Proverbs 23:1–3; Proverbs 25:28; Proverbs 29:1
29 Whoever is sslow to anger has great understanding,
but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
32 jWhoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
11 pGood sense makes one slow to anger,
and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
observe carefully what1 is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to appetite.
3 cDo not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food.
28 A man swithout self-control
is like ta city broken into and left without walls.
29 zHe who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck,