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Proverbs 29:21-23
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 29:21-23
New Catholic Bible
21 If you pamper a slave from his childhood,
in the end he will prove ungrateful.[a]
22 A bad-tempered man provokes quarrels,
and a hothead commits a host of offenses.
23 A man’s pride will bring him low,
but lowly souls will rise to honor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:21 Vulgate reading; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.