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Proverbs 29:22-24
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 29:22-24
New Catholic Bible
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.
24 The accomplice of a thief is his own enemy,
for he hears the curse[a] but refuses to answer.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:24 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Curse: i.e., the curse leveled at an unidentified criminal or at a witness who fails to come forward (see Lev 5:1; Jdg 17:2).
