Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is reckoned wise, [and] he that shutteth his lips, intelligent.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
27He that hath knowledge spareth his words; and a man of understanding is of a cool spirit.
Cross References
Job 13:5Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of the foolish poureth out folly.
Ecclesiastes 10:3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his sense faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:28
27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. Two ways a man may show himself to be a wise man:—1. By the good temper, the sweetness and the sedateness, of his mind: A man of understanding is of an excellent spirit, a precious spirit (so the word is); he is one that looks well to his spirit, that it be as it should be, and so keeps it in… Read the whole commentary →