Proverbs 14:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁸The simple are adorned with^[a] folly,
    but the clever are crowned with knowledge.
¹⁹The evil bow down before the good,
    the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
²⁰The poor are disliked even by their neighbours,
    but the rich have many friends.

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Proverbs 14:18 Or inherit

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