OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 20

Proverbs 29:20

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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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Proverbs 29:17–23

17

Correct your son, and he will give you peace;

yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

18

Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint;

but one who keeps the law is blessed.

19

A servant can’t be corrected by words.

Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

20
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Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

21

He who pampers his servant from youth

will have him become a son in the end.

22

An angry man stirs up strife,

and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

23

A man’s pride brings him low,

but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

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