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19 A violent-tempered person will pay the penalty;
    if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.[a]
20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom for the future.
21 The human mind may devise many plans,
    but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:19 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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

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

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

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