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¹⁹By mere words servants are not disciplined,
for though they understand, they will not give heed.
²⁰Do you see someone who is hasty in speech?
There is more hope for a fool than for anyone like that.
²¹A slave pampered from childhood
will come to a bad end.
²²One given to anger stirs up strife,
and the hothead causes much transgression.
²³A person’s pride will bring humiliation,
but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
²⁴To be a partner of a thief is to hate one’s own life;
one hears the victim’s curse, but discloses nothing.
²⁵The fear of others lays a snare,
but one who trusts in the Lord is secure.
²⁶Many seek the favor of a ruler,
but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.
²⁷The unjust are an abomination to the righteous,
but the upright are an abomination to the wicked.