Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he keepeth silence, is counted wise: he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.
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Job 13:5Oh, who would grant that ye might keep a profound silences! and it would he accounted unto you as wisdom.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge acceptable; but the mouth of fools sputtereth out folly.
Ecclesiastes 10:3Yea also, on whatever way the fool walketh, doth he lack proper sense, and he saith to all that he is a fool.
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 →