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13 He who (A)responds with a word before he hears,
It is folly and shame to him.

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13 He that giveth answer before he heareth,
It is folly and shame unto him.

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

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Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries [a](A)his footsteps sins.

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  1. Proverbs 19:2 Lit with his feet

Also, [a]that the soul be without knowledge is not good;
And he that hasteth with his feet [b]sinneth.

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  1. Proverbs 19:2 Or, desire without knowledge is not good
  2. Proverbs 19:2 Or, misseth his way

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

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The [a]thoughts of the (A)diligent lead surely to profit,
But everyone (B)who is hasty comes surely to poverty.

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  1. Proverbs 21:5 Or plans

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness;
But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

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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 (A)it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,”
Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of a noble,
Whom your eyes have seen.

Do not go out (B)hastily to plead your case;
Lest, what will you do in [a]the end,
When your neighbor humiliates you?

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Lit its

For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither,
Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince,
Whom thine eyes have seen.
Go not forth hastily to strive,
[a]Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof,
When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or, Lest it be said in the end thereof, What wilt thou do? When etc.

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 (A)faithful man will abound with blessings,
But he who (B)makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.

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20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings;
But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be 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 A man with an (A)evil eye (B)hurries after wealth
And does not know that want will come upon him.

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22 He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches,
And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

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

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

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20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his [a]words?
There is more hope of a fool than of him.

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  1. Proverbs 29:20 Or, business

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

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