Proverbs 29:20

WEB

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

KJV

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

BSB

²⁰Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

FBV

²⁰Have you seen a man who speaks without thinking? There's more hope for stupid people than for him!

Extra References

James 1:19

¹⁹So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Proverbs 26:12

¹²Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 14:29

²⁹He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

²Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Proverbs 29:11

¹¹A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

Proverbs 21:5

⁵The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.