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Proverbs 29:20
20Do you know anyone who speaks before he thinks? A foolish person is more likely to become wise than that person.
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
18If people do not hear God's message, there is no law to control them. But if someone obeys God's law, he is in a happy place. 19You must use more than words to show a servant what is right. Even if he understands what you say, he will not obey you. Do you know anyone who speaks before he thinks? A foolish person is more likely to become wise than that person. 21You may give a servant everything that he wants from his birth. But if you do that, he will be useless in the end. 22An angry person causes arguments. When he is angry, he causes many sins to happen.
Read all of Proverbs 29Proverbs 29:20 word by word
חָזִ֗יתָ אִ֭ישׁ אָ֣ץ בִּדְבָרָ֑יו תִּקְוָ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 29:20
- Proverbs 29:11Foolish people cannot control their anger. But wise people are patient.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2You should not speak too soon. Think carefully before you make a promise to God. God is in heaven and you are here on the earth. So do not say too much.
- James 1:19Understand this, my Christian friends: We must all be careful to listen. We should not be too quick to speak. We should not get angry quickly.
- Proverbs 14:29A patient man shows that he understands what is right. But someone who quickly becomes angry shows that he is foolish.
- Proverbs 21:5A careful person makes good plans and he has everything that he needs. But anyone who works in a hurry will soon become poor.
- Proverbs 26:12Some men think that they are already wise. A fool is more likely to learn something than they are.
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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