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22 One given to anger stirs up strife,
    and the hothead causes much transgression.
23 A person’s pride will bring humiliation,
    but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honour.
24 To be a partner of a thief is to hate one’s own life;
    one hears the victim’s curse, but discloses nothing.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:24 Meaning of Heb uncertain

22 An angry person stirs up conflict,
    and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.(A)

23 Pride brings a person low,(B)
    but the lowly in spirit gain honor.(C)

24 The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies;
    they are put under oath and dare not testify.(D)

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