11 A city is built up by the blessing of the upright,(A)
but it is torn down by the mouth of the wicked.(B)

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11 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,(A)
    but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.(B)

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21 As charcoal for embers and wood for fire,
so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(A)

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21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(A)

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22 An angry person stirs up conflict,
and a hot-tempered one[a] increases rebellion.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 29:22 Lit a master of rage

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

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