Proverbs 29:11
A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
In Context
10Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.
12If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
Cross References
Judges 16:17Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
Proverbs 12:23A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
Proverbs 19:11A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
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 →