Proverbs 29:20
If you see a man hasty in his words, know that the fool has hope rather than he.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
In Context
21He that lives wantonly from a child, shall be a servant, and in the end shall grieve over himself.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:11A fool utters all his mind: but the wise reserves his in part.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:20
19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. Here is the description of an unprofitable, slothful, wicked servant, a slave that serves not from conscience, or love, but purely from fear. Let those that have such servants put on patience to bear the vexation and not disturb themselves at it. See their character. 1. No rational words will work upon them; they will not be corrected and reformed, not brought to their business, nor cured of their idleness and laziness, by… Read the whole commentary →