Focused Passage

Proverbs 29:20

Correction, Justice, Righteous Rule, Fear of Man, and Trust in the LORD

The chapter moves from hardened resistance to correction, to righteous and wicked leadership, to justice for the poor, to public conflict and anger, to the influence of rulers, to discipline and revelation, to speech and pride, and finally to fear of man, trust in the LORD, and the ultimate source of justice.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

20Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Verse 20

Original words

Do you seeחָזִ֗יתָH2372Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singulara manאִ֭ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularwho speaksבִּדְבָרָ֑יוH1697Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularin hasteאָ֣ץH213Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularThere is more hopeתִּקְוָ֖הH8615Noun - feminine singularfor a foolלִכְסִ֣ילH3684Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singularthan for himמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃H4480Preposition | third person masculine singular

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