Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 29:20
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Berean Standard Bible
Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
King James Version
Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
World English Bible
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
American Standard Version
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 29
18 Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.
19 A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
20 Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
21 A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.
22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
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