# General Information:

These verses continue the "thirty sayings" ([Proverbs 22:20](./20.md)).

# someone who is ruled by anger

someone who is unable to control his anger (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# rages

shows violent anger

# you will take bait for your soul

A person who wants to be like an angry person is like an animal taking the bait in a trap. AT: "you will be like an animal that eats the bait that closes a trap and is unable to escape" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# bait for your soul

The soul is a metonym for the person's life. AT: "bait that someone has put out so he can kill you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])