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Proverbs 29:20
Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked for, than his amendment.
Proverbs 29:20 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 29:20 in other translations
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 speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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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In context
17 Instruct thy son and he shall refresh thee, and shall give delight to thy soul.
18 When prophecy shall fail, the people shall be scattered abroad: but he that keepeth the law, is blessed.
19 A slave will not be corrected by words: because he understandeth what thou sayest, and will not answer.
20 Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked for, than his amendment.
21 He that nourisheth his servant delicately from his childhood, afterwards shall find him stubborn.
22 A passionate man provoketh quarrels: and he that is easily stirred up to wrath, shall be more prone to sin.
23 Humiliation followeth the proud: and glory shall uphold the humble of spirit.
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