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.

1  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.

1  ^zHe who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck,

will suddenly be ^abroken ^bbeyond healing.