Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Add parallel Print Page Options
Close CEV

Proverbs 15:18-20
Contemporary English Version

18 Losing your temper
    causes a lot of trouble,
but staying calm
    settles arguments.
19 A lazy person refuses
    to clear a thorny path,
but everyone who does right
    walks on a smooth road.
20 Children with good sense
    make their parents happy,
but foolish children
    despise them.

Read full chapter
Listen to Proverbs 15:18-20
Close NIV

Proverbs 15:18-20
New International Version

18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,(A)
    but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.(B)

19 The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,(C)
    but the path of the upright is a highway.

20 A wise son brings joy to his father,(D)
    but a foolish man despises his mother.

Read full chapter
Next
Proverbs 14
Proverbs 16
Next
dropdown
Contemporary English Version (CEV)

Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society For more information about CEV, visit www.bibles.com and www.cev.bible.

CEV Resources
New International Version (NIV)

Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.

July Summer Surge

More on the NIV