Proverbs 29:20 · KJV
“Seest thou a man {that is} hasty in his words? {there is} more hope of a fool than of him. {words: or, matters?}”
— Proverbs 29:20
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become {his} son at the length.
Proverbs 29 — Context
Where {there is} no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy {is} he. {perish: or, is made naked}
19A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
20Seest thou a man {that is} hasty in his words? {there is} more hope of a fool than of him. {words: or, matters?}
21He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become {his} son at the length.
22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Cross References
Proverbs 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? {there is} more hope of a fool than of him.
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Proverbs 14:29
{He that is} slow to wrath {is} of great understanding: but {he that is} hasty of spirit exalteth folly. {hasty...: Heb. short of spirit}
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter {any} thing before God: for God {is} in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. {thing: or, word}
Proverbs 29:11
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise {man} keepeth it in till afterwards.
Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of the diligent {tend} only to plenteousness; but of every one {that is} hasty only to want.