Proverbs 29:20
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Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked for, than his amendment.

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Proverbs 29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: a wise man deferreth, and keepeth it till afterwards.

Ecclesiastes 5:2 Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

James 1:19 You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak and slow to anger.

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Proverbs 14:29 He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly.

Proverbs 21:5 The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.

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Proverbs 26:12 Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.

Context
The Stiff-Necked will Be Destroyed
19A slave will not be corrected by words: because he understandeth what thou sayest, and will not answer. 20Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked for, than his amendment.21He that nourisheth his servant delicately from his childhood, afterwards shall find him stubborn.…
Cross References
James 1:19
You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak and slow to anger.

Proverbs 19:2
Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good: and he that is hasty with his feet shall stumble.

Proverbs 26:12
Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 29:19
A slave will not be corrected by words: because he understandeth what thou sayest, and will not answer.

Proverbs 29:21
He that nourisheth his servant delicately from his childhood, afterwards shall find him stubborn.

Lexicon
Do you see
חָזִ֗יתָ (ḥā·zî·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2372: To gaze at, to perceive, contemplate, to have a, vision of

a man
אִ֭ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who speaks
בִּדְבָרָ֑יו (biḏ·ḇā·rāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

in haste?
אָ֣ץ (’āṣ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 213: To press, to be close, hurry, withdraw

There is more hope
תִּקְוָ֖ה (tiq·wāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8615: A cord, expectancy

for a fool
לִכְסִ֣יל (liḵ·sîl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

than for him.
מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ (mim·men·nū)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of


Additional Translations
Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.See you a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

If thou see a man hasty in his words, know that the fool has hope rather than he.

Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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

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

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.
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