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

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

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked for, than his amendment.

Proverbs 29:20 Tagairtí Cros

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: