Proverbs 18:13; Proverbs 19:2; Proverbs 21:5; Proverbs 25:7–8; Proverbs 28:20; Proverbs 28:22; Proverbs 29:20

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Proverbs 18:13

13  If one gives an answer obefore he hears,

it is his folly and shame.


Proverbs 19:2

Desire1 without knowledge is not good,

and whoever cmakes haste with his feet misses his way.


Proverbs 21:5

The plans of ethe diligent lead surely to abundance,

but everyone who is fhasty comes gonly to poverty.


Proverbs 25:7–8

for uit is better to be told, Come up here,

than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen

wdo not hastily bring into court,1

for2 what will you do in the end,

when your neighbor puts you to shame?


Proverbs 28:20

20  A faithful man will abound with blessings,

but whoever hastens to be rich jwill not go unpunished.


Proverbs 28:22

22  A mstingy man1 nhastens after wealth

and does not know that opoverty will come upon him.


Proverbs 29:20

20  Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?

cThere is more hope for a fool than for him.