Proverbs 17:28
Even stupid people who keep quiet are considered wise; if they don't say anything they appear intelligent.
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27If you're wise, you'll be careful what you say; and if you're sensible, you'll keep your temper.
Cross References
Job 13:5I wish you would all be quiet! That would be the wisest thing for you to do.
Proverbs 15:2What wise people say makes knowledge attractive, but stupid people talk a lot of nonsense.
Ecclesiastes 10:3Just the way that fools walk down the road shows they have no sense, making clear to everyone their stupidity.
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 →