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Proverbs 29:20
20Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 29:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
- New International Version (NIV)Do you see someone who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Context of Proverbs 29:20
18Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law. 19A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond. Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him. 21A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end. 22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
Read all of Proverbs 29Proverbs 29:20 word by word
חָזִ֗יתָ אִ֭ישׁ אָ֣ץ בִּדְבָרָ֑יו תִּקְוָ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 29:20
- Proverbs 29:11A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
- James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- Proverbs 14:29A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
- Proverbs 21:5The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
- Proverbs 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Commentaries on Proverbs 29:20
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20Verse 20 When a man is self-conceited, rash, and given to wrangling, there is more hope of the ignorant and profligate.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. (Compare Pr 21:5). hasty in ... words?--implying self-conceit (Pr 26:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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