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Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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Worse Than a Fool
Commentators explain that a person "hasty in his words" speaks without thinking, whether before God or people. The proverb's stark warning is that this condition is considered more hopeless than that of a standard "fool." According to Charles Ellicott, a fool might be dull but is still teachable, whereas the hasty person has the much harder task of learning to control their tongue.
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19th Century
Anglican
There is more hope of a fool (khesîl) than of him. —The fool is a dull, self-satisfied…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Do you see a man hasty in his words Swift to speak either before God or men; that takes upon him to speak upon a subject, or return…
Presbyterian
When a man is self-conceited, rash, and contentious, there is more hope for the ignorant and profligate.
