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Proverbs 16:32

Self-controlAngerPatienceStrength and help in weakness

30 He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.

31 Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.

He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

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BSB
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
KJV
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
WEB
One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
ASV
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
DARBY
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
BLB
Better [is] one slow to anger than a mighty one, and one ruling over his spirit than one taking a city.
ÅB
Den langmodige er bedre enn en veldig helt, og den som styrer sitt sinn, er bedre enn den som inntar en by.
OTB
Bedre en tålmodig person enn en kriger, en som kontrollerer sin ånd enn en som inntar en by.
B1930
Den langmodige er bedre enn en veldig helt, og den som styrer sitt sinn, er bedre enn den som inntar en by.

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