Proverbs 29:11
A fool uttereth all his mind: a wise man deferreth, and keepeth it till afterwards.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 upright: but just men seek his soul.
12A prince that gladly heareth lying words, hath all his servants wicked.
Cross References
Judges 16:17Then opening the truth of the thing, he said to her: The razor hath never come upon my head, for I am a Nazarite, that is to say, consecrated to God from my mother's womb: if my head be shaven, my strength shall depart from me, and I shall become weak, and shall be like other men.
Proverbs 12:23A cautious man concealeth knowledge: and the heart of fools publisheth folly.
Proverbs 19:11The learning of a man is known by patience and his glory is to pass over wrongs.
Micah 7:5Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth 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 →