Proverbs 29:20
Do you see someone who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
In context
17 Discipline your children, and they will give you peace; they will bring you the delights you desire. 18 Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction. 19 Servants cannot be corrected by mere words; though they understand, they will not respond. 20 Do you see someone who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
21 A servant pampered from youth will turn out to be insolent. 22 An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered person commits many sins. 23 Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 29:20 in the KJV
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 29:20 in the ESV
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.