Proverbs 19:19-21

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁹A violent tempered person will pay the penalty;
    if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.^[a]
²⁰Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom for the future.
²¹The human mind may devise many plans,
    but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.

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Proverbs 19:19 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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