Proverbs 29:20
Do you see a man 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 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
- Prov 26:12 : 12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Prov 14:29 : 29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
- Prov 21:5 : 5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
- Eccl 5:2 : 2 Don'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.
- Prov 29:11 : 11 A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.
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12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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11 A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.
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29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
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19 A servant can't be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
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21 He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
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12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
14 A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
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10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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16 A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.
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1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
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4 Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
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15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.
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27 He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.
28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
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18 He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.
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9 Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
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7 Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his lips.
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17 The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.
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21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
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20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
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3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.
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29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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13 He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
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3 For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.
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16 Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.
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22 For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;
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2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
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3 The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
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9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won't one be cast down even at the sight of him?