Proverbs 14:17-19

New Living Translation

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

¹⁸Simpletons are clothed with foolishness,^[a]
but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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

Proverbs 14:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷A quick-tempered person^(A) does foolish things,^(B)
and the one who devises evil schemes is hated.^(C)

¹⁸The simple inherit folly,
but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

¹⁹Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good,
and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.^(D)

New Living Translation (NLT)

New International Version (NIV)