Proverbs 12:16
A fool immediately sheweth his anger: but he that dissembleth injuries is wise.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
In Context
15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsels.
Cross References
1 Kings 19:1And Achab told Jezabel all that Elias had done, and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
Proverbs 14:33In the heart of the prudent resteth wisdom, and it shall instruct all the ignorant.
Proverbs 17:9He that concealeth a transgression. seeketh friendships: he that repeateth it again, separateth friends.
Proverbs 29:11A fool uttereth all his mind: a wise man deferreth, and keepeth it till afterwards.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:16
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. See here, 1. What it is that keeps a fool from being wise: His way is right in his own eyes; he thinks he is in the right in every thing he does, and therefore asks no advice, because he does not apprehend he needs it; he is confident he knows the way, and cannot miss it, and therefore never enquires the way. The rule he goes by is to do that which is right in his own eyes, to walk in the way of his heart. Quicquid libet,… Read the whole commentary →