Proverbs 19:19-21

New International Reader's Version

¹⁹A person with a bad temper must pay for it.
If you save them, you will have to do it again.

²⁰Listen to advice and accept correction.
In the end you will be counted among those who are wise.

²¹A person may have many plans in their heart.
But the Lord’s purpose wins out in the end.

Proverbs 19:19-21

New International Version

¹⁹A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;
rescue them, and you will have to do it again.

²⁰Listen to advice and accept discipline,^(A)
and at the end you will be counted among the wise.^(B)

²¹Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.^(C)

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