Proverbs 29:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 1:19 : 19 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 ¶ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 ¶ [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
  • Prov 21:5 : 5 ¶ The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.
  • Eccl 5:2 : 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.
  • Prov 29:11 : 11 ¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.

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    12 ¶ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

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    11 ¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.

  • Prov 14:29
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    29 ¶ [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

  • Prov 29:19
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    19 ¶ A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

  • Prov 29:21-22
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    21 ¶ He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become [his] son at the length.

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  • Eccl 10:12-14
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    12 ¶ The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

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    14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

  • Prov 19:10
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    10 ¶ Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Prov 14:16-17
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    16 ¶ A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

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  • Prov 23:9
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    9 ¶ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 19:1
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  • Prov 26:4-6
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    4 ¶ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

    5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

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    15 ¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

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    27 ¶ He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

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    18 ¶ He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.

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    5 ¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Eccl 7:9
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    9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

  • Prov 14:7
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    7 ¶ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17 The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

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  • Prov 29:9
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  • Eccl 5:3
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  • Prov 17:16
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  • Prov 30:22
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  • Prov 17:24-25
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    24 ¶ Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.

    25 ¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

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