Proverbs 29:11
A foolish one offers everything on his mind. A wise one reserves and defers until later.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
In Context
10Bloodthirsty men hate the simple one; but the just seek out his soul.
12A leader who freely listens to lying words has only impious servants.
Cross References
Judges 16:17Then disclosing the truth of the matter, he said to her: “Iron has never been drawn across my head, for I am a Nazirite, that is, I have been consecrated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head will be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I will be faint and will be like other men.”
Proverbs 12:23A resourceful man conceals knowledge. And the heart of the unwise provokes foolishness.
Proverbs 19:11The doctrine of a man is known through patience. And his glory is to pass beyond iniquities.
Micah 7:5Do not be willing to believe a friend. And do not be willing to confide in a commander. From her, who sleeps in your bosom, keep the doors of your mouth closed.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:11
10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. Note, 1. Bad men hate their best friends: The blood-thirsty, all the seed of the old serpent, who was a murderer from the beginning, all that inherit his enmity against the seed of the woman, hate the upright; they seek the ruin of good men because they condemn the wicked world and witness against it. Christ told his disciples that they should be hated of all men. Bloody men do especially hate upright magistrates, who would restrain and reform them,… Read the whole commentary →