Proverbs 12:16

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

The anger of a foolish one is known in a day, but the prudent one covers shame.

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For provocation kills the foolish one, and passion causes the one being simple to die.

Hating stirs up strifes, but love covers all transgressions.

He who breathes faithfulness reveals righteousness, but a witness of falsehoods deceit.

Wisdom rests in the heart of one understanding, but amidst fools the lack of it is made known.

Prudence is a fountain of life to its owners, but the correction of foolish ones is folly.

One who covers a transgression seeks love, but one repeating a matter separates from a friend.

A man to whom there is no control to his spirit is like a broken down city without a wall.

A stone is heavy, and sand a burden, but the anger of a foolish one is heavier than both of them.

A fool brings out all of his spirit, but holding back, the wise ones quiet it.

So that, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.