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Proverbs 29:20-22
Good News Translation
Proverbs 29:20-22
Good News Translation
20 There is more hope for a stupid fool than for someone who speaks without thinking.
21 If you give your servants everything they want from childhood on, some day they will take over everything you own.[a]
22 People with quick tempers cause a lot of quarreling and trouble.
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- Proverbs 29:21 they … own; or you will not be able to control them.
Proverbs 29:20-22
New International Version
Proverbs 29:20-22
New International Version
20 Do you see someone who speaks in haste?
There is more hope for a fool than for them.(A)
21 A servant pampered from youth
will turn out to be insolent.
22 An angry person stirs up conflict,
and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.(B)
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