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21 Pamper a slave from childhood,
    and later he will be ungrateful.[a]

22 An angry person stirs up a fight,
    and a hothead does much wrong.
23 A person’s pride will humiliate him,
    but a humble spirit gains honor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:21 Hebrew meaning uncertain.

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