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Proverbs 29:20

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Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

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Proverbs 29:20 in other translations

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 29:20 · World English Bible

Proverbs 29:20 in context

  1. 18Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
  2. 19A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.
  3. 20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
  4. 21He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.
  5. 22An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.