As for a fool, {on that very day} he makes his anger known, but he who ignores an insult [is] prudent.

[He who is] slow to anger [has] great understanding, but the hasty of spirit exalts folly.

A soft answer will turn away wrath, but a word of trouble will stir {anger}.

A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife, but he who is slow [to] {anger}, he will calm contention.

He who is slow to anger [is] better than him who is mighty, and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.

The understanding of a person makes him slow to his {anger}, and his glory overlooks offense.

Roaring like the lion [is the] dreaded anger of a king; he who provokes him forfeits his life.

A gift in secret will avert {anger}, and a {concealed bribe}, strong wrath.

He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his anger will fail.

Do not befriend an owner of {anger}, and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;

lest Yahweh see and [it] be evil in his eyes, and turn his anger away from him.

Cruel [is] wrath and overwhelming [is] anger, but who will stand before jealousy?

A man of anger will stir strife, and the owner of anger, much transgression.

For pressing milk produces curd, and pressing the nose produces blood, so pressing {anger} produces strife.