Proverbs 29:11
Stupid people let all their anger out, while wise people quietly hold it in.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
In Context
10Murderers hate people of integrity, but those who live right try to help them.
12A ruler who listens to lies will have nothing but wicked officials.
Cross References
Judges 16:17Eventually Samson confided in her, sharing everything. “My hair has never been cut, because I've been dedicated as a Nazirite to God from my birth. If I'm shaved, my strength will leave me, and I'll become as weak as anyone else.”
Proverbs 12:23If you're sensible, you don't show off your knowledge, but stupid people announce their stupidity.
Proverbs 19:11If you have good sense you'll be slow to get angry; you gain respect by forgiving wrongs.
Micah 7:5Don't trust a neighbor, don't rely on a friend. Watch what you say even to the one 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 →