Add parallel Print Page Options

13 Anyone who answers without listening
is foolish and ·confused [or a disgrace].

Read full chapter

13 One who (A)gives an answer before he hears,
It is foolishness and shame to him.

Read full chapter

·Enthusiasm [Desire; Zeal; Passion] without knowledge is not good.
·If you act too quickly, you might make a mistake [L Rushing feet make mistakes].

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:2 Lit with his feet
  2. Proverbs 19:2 Lit sins

The plans of hard-working people earn a profit,
but those who ·act too quickly [hurry] become poor.

Read full chapter

The plans of the (A)diligent certainly lead to advantage,
But everyone (B)who is in a hurry certainly comes to poverty.

Read full chapter

It is better for him to ·give you a higher position [L say to you, “Come up here”]
    than to bring you down in front of the prince [Luke 14:7–11].

Because of something you have seen,
    do not quickly take someone to court.
What will you do later
    when your neighbor ·proves you wrong [L humiliates/shames you]?

Read full chapter

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 the prince,
Whom your eyes have seen.

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

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Lit contend
  2. Proverbs 25:8 Lit Lest
  3. Proverbs 25:8 Lit its

20 A ·truthful [reliable] person will have many blessings,
but those ·eager to get rich [or with get-rich-quick schemes] will be punished.

Read full chapter

20 A (A)faithful person will abound with blessings,
But one who (B)hurries to be rich will not go unpunished.

Read full chapter

22 ·Selfish [Stingy] people are in a hurry to get rich
and do not ·realize [know] they soon will be poor.

Read full chapter

22 A person with an (A)evil eye (B)hurries after wealth
And does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Read full chapter

20 Do you see people who speak too ·quickly [hastily]?
There is more hope for a foolish person than for them.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter