Proverbs 12:16

A fool is quick tempered, but a wise person stays calm when insulted. Proverbs 12:16 (NLT)

Fools have short fuses and explode all too quickly; the prudent quietly shrug off insults. Proverbs 12:16 (The Message)

The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult. Proverb 12:16 (English Standard Version)

in·sult

   [v. in-suhlt; n. in-suhlt]  Show IPA

–verb (used with object)

1.

to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuousrudeness; affront.

2.

to affect as an affront; offend or demean.

3.

Archaic . to attack; assault.

–verb (used without object)

4.

Archaic . to behave with insolent triumph; exultcontemptuously (usually fol. by on, upon,  or over ).

–noun

5.

an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.

6.

something having the effect of an affront: That book is aninsult to one's intelligence.

7.

Medicine/Medical .

a.

an injury or trauma.

b.

an agent that inflicts this.

8.

Archaic . an attack or assault.