Proverbs 15:18-20

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁸ A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger appeases contention.

¹⁹ The way of the sluggard is overgrown with thorns [it pricks, lacerates, and entangles him], but the way of the righteous is plain and raised like a highway.

²⁰ A wise son makes a glad father, but a self-confident and foolish man despises his mother and puts her to shame.