Proverbs 14:17-24

New American Standard Bible

¹⁷ A quick-tempered person acts foolishly,
And a person of evil devices is hated.
¹⁸ The naive inherit foolishness,
But the sensible are crowned with knowledge.
¹⁹ The ^(A)evil will bow down before the good,
And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
²⁰ The ^(B)poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.
²¹ One who ^(C)despises his neighbor sins,
But ^(D)one who is gracious to the ^[a]poor is blessed.
²² Will they who ^(E)devise evil not go astray?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
²³ In all labor there is profit,
But ^[b]mere talk leads only to poverty.
²⁴ The ^(F)crown of the wise is their riches,
But the foolishness of fools is simply foolishness.