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20 You see a man who is hasty in his words:
    there is more hope for a fool than him.
21 He who pampers his servant from childhood,
    arrogance will be his end.[a]
22 A man of anger will stir strife,
    and the owner of anger, much transgression.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:21 Literally “and its/his end will be arrogance”

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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