Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, if he will hold his peace shall be counted wise: and if he close his lips, a man of understanding.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Job 13:5And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men..
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.
Ecclesiastes 10:3Yea, and the fool when he walketh in the way, whereas be himself is a fool, esteemeth all men fools.
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 →