Proverbs 12:16
Stupid people get angry immediately, but if you're sensible you ignore an insult.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
In Context
15Stupid people think they're on the right track, but if you're wise you listen to advice.
17Whoever tells the truth is being honest, but a false witness tells lies.
Cross References
1 Kings 19:1Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and that he had killed all the prophets of Baal with the sword.
Proverbs 14:33Wisdom is at home in a mind that understands, but it's not found among stupid people.
Proverbs 17:9If you forgive a wrong you encourage friendship, but if you keep talking about it you'll lose your friend.
Proverbs 29:11Stupid people let all their anger out, while wise people quietly hold it in.
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 →