Proverbs 29:11
A fool uttereth all his mind; but a wise [man] keepeth it back.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
In Context
10The bloodthirsty hate the perfect, but the upright care for his soul.
12If a ruler hearken to lying words, all his servants are wicked.
Cross References
Judges 16:17and he told her all his heart, and said to her, There has not come a razor upon my head; for I am a Nazarite of God from my mother's womb; if I should be shaven, then my strength would go from me, and I should be weak, and be like all mankind.
Proverbs 12:23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of the foolish proclaimeth folly.
Proverbs 19:11The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Micah 7:5Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
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 →