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Proverbs 29:20

Words and speechSelf-controlWisdom

18 Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.

19 A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.

Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

21 A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.

22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

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BSB
Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
KJV
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
WEB
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
ASV
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
DARBY
Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
BLB
Look upon a man being hasty in his words—the hope of a fool [is] more than his.
ÅB
Har du sett en mann som forhaster seg i sine ord -- det er mere håp for dåren enn for ham.
OTB
Ser du noen som er forhastet i sin tale? Det er mer håp for en dåre enn for dem.
B1930
Har du sett en mann som forhaster sig i sine ord - det er mere håp for dåren enn for ham.

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