Proverbs 29:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

You have seen someone who is hasty in his words– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Living Out the Message Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 Someone with great understanding is slow to anger, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.
  • Prov 21:5 : 5 The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
  • Eccl 5:2 : 2 (5:1) Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few.
  • Prov 29:11 : 11 A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:12
    84%

    12You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 29:11
    79%

    11A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.

  • Prov 14:29
    78%

    29Someone with great understanding is slow to anger, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

  • Prov 29:19
    77%

    19A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.

  • Prov 29:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end.

    22An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

  • Eccl 10:12-14
    3 verses
    76%

    12Words and Works of Wise Men and Fools The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

    13At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness,

    14yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

  • Prov 19:10
    76%

    10Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!

  • Prov 14:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

    17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.

  • Prov 23:9
    75%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 19:1
    75%

    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Prov 26:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

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

    6Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

    16A fool’s annoyance is known at once, but the prudent conceals dishonor.

  • Prov 17:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27The truly wise person restrains his words, and the one who stays calm is discerning.

    28Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise, and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.

  • Prov 10:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

    19When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Eccl 7:9
    74%

    9Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

  • Prov 14:7
    74%

    7Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.

  • Eccl 9:17
    74%

    17Wisdom versus Fools, Sin, and Folly The words of the wise are heard in quiet, more than the shouting of a ruler is heard among fools.

  • Prov 17:21
    74%

    21Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 29:9
    73%

    9When a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.

  • Prov 21:20
    73%

    20There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 11:29
    73%

    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

  • Prov 18:13
    73%

    13The one who gives an answer before he listens– that is his folly and his shame.

  • Eccl 5:3
    73%

    3Just as dreams come when there are many cares, so the rash vow of a fool occurs when there are many words.

  • Prov 13:16
    73%

    16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Prov 17:16
    73%

    16What’s the point of a fool having money in hand to buy wisdom, when his head is empty?

  • Prov 12:23
    73%

    23The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.

  • Prov 20:3
    73%

    3It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.

  • Prov 30:22
    73%

    22under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who becomes stuffed with food,

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

    25A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Eccl 4:13
    72%

    13Labor Motivated by Prestige-Seeking A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.

  • Prov 15:2
    72%

    2The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

  • Eccl 10:3
    72%

    3Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.

  • Prov 18:2
    72%

    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Eccl 7:5
    72%

    5Frivolous Living Versus Wisdom It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.

  • Job 41:9
    72%

    9(41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.