Proverbs 29:20 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁰ Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Do you see people who are quick to speak? There is more hope for fools than for them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Have you seen a man rushing to speak? Foolishness has more hope than his correction.

Proverbs 29:20 Cross References

Proverbs 14:29

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Proverbs 19:2

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

Proverbs 21:5

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Proverbs 26:12

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 29:11

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.

Proverbs 29:19

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

Proverbs 29:21

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

James 1:19

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: