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Proverbs 14:17-20 New Living Translation (NLT)

17. Short-tempered people do foolish things,and schemers are hated.

18. Simpletons are clothed with foolishness,but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

19. Evil people will bow before good people;the wicked will bow at the gates of the godly.

20. The poor are despised even by their neighbors,while the rich have many “friends.”

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