32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And one who rules his spirit, than one who captures a city.

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32 Better a patient person than a warrior,
    one with self-control than one who takes a city.

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11 A person’s (A)discretion makes him slow to anger,
And it is his glory (B)to overlook an offense.

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11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;(A)
    it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

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Do not be [a](A)eager in your spirit to be angry,
For anger resides in the [b]heart of fools.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:9 Lit hasty
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:9 Lit chest

Do not be quickly provoked(A) in your spirit,
    for anger resides in the lap of fools.(B)

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19 [a](A)You know this, (B)my beloved brothers and sisters. Now everyone must be quick to hear, (C)slow to speak, and (D)slow to anger;

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:19 Or Know this

Listening and Doing

19 My dear brothers and sisters,(A) take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak(B) and slow to become angry,

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