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To fear the Lord is the root of wisdom, and her branches are long life.
22
Unjust anger cannot be justified, for anger tips the scale to one's ruin.
23
Those who are patient stay calm until the right moment, and then cheerfulness comes back to them.
24
They hold back their words until the right moment; then the lips of many tell of their good sense.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.