Proverbs 29:11
A fool spendeth all his spirit; but a wise man stilleth it within him.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
In Context
10The men of blood hate him that is sincere; and as for the upright, they seek his life.
12If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood, all his servants are wicked.
Cross References
Judges 16:17And he told her all his heart, and said unto her: 'There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite unto God from my mother's womb; if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.'
Proverbs 12:23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Proverbs 19:11It is the discretion of a man to be slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Micah 7:5Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a familiar friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth 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 →