20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
    (A)There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Hearing and Doing the Word

19 (A)Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person (B)be quick to hear, (C)slow to speak, (D)slow to anger;

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12 Do you see a man who is (A)wise in his own eyes?
    (B)There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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29 Whoever is (A)slow to anger has great understanding,
    but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

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[a] Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore (A)let your words be few.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew

The plans of (A)the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is (B)hasty comes (C)only to poverty.

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11 A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
    but a wise man quietly holds it back.

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