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13 He who returns a word before he will hear,
    folly itself belongs to him as well as[a] shame.

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  1. Proverbs 18:13 Hebrew “and”

13 The one who gives an answer before he listens—
this is foolishness and disgrace for him.(A)

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13 To answer before listening—
    that is folly and shame.(A)

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Also, a life[a] without knowledge is not good,
    and he who moves quickly with his feet misses the mark.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 19:2 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
  2. Proverbs 19:2 Or “sins”

Even zeal is not good without knowledge,(A)
and the one who acts hastily[a] sins.(B)

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  1. 19:2 Lit who is hasty with feet

Desire without knowledge is not good—
    how much more will hasty feet miss the way!(A)

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The plans of the diligent only lead to abundance,
    but all who are hasty, only to want.

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The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit,
but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.(A)

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The plans of the diligent lead to profit(A)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

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For it is better that he say to you, “Ascend here,”
    than he humble you before a noble.
What your eyes have seen,
do not hastily bring out to court,
    for[a] what will you do at its end,
    when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or “lest”

for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here!”
than to demote you in plain view of a noble.[a](A)

Don’t take a matter to court hastily.(B)
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent[b] humiliates you?

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  1. 25:7 Lit you before a noble whom your eyes see
  2. 25:8 Or neighbor, also in v. 9

it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”(A)
    than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes
    do not bring[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?(B)

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / Do not go

20 A man of faithfulness has abundant blessings,
    but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.

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20 A faithful person will have many blessings,(A)
but one in a hurry to get rich(B)
will not go unpunished.

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20 A faithful person will be richly blessed,
    but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.(A)

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22 He who hurries for wealth is a man with an evil eye,[a]
    but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

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  1. Proverbs 28:22 Literally “a man of evil of eye”

22 A greedy one[a] is in a hurry for wealth;
he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.(A)

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  1. 28:22 Lit A man with an evil eye

22 The stingy are eager to get rich
    and are unaware that poverty awaits them.(A)

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20 You see a man who is hasty in his words:
    there is more hope for a fool than him.

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20 Do you see someone who speaks too soon?(A)
There is more hope for a fool than for him.(B)

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20 Do you see someone who speaks in haste?
    There is more hope for a fool than for them.(A)

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