Proverbs 29:11
A fool uttereth all his mind; but the wise holdeth it back.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
In Context
10Men of blood hate the guiltless one; but the upright seek [to preserve] his life.
12If a ruler listen to the word of falsehood, all his servants become wicked.
Cross References
Judges 16:17And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, A razor hath not passed over my head; for a Nazarite of God have I been from my mother's womb; if I were shaved, my strength would depart from me, and I should become weak, and be like all other men.
Proverbs 12:23A prudent man concealeth [his] knowledge; but the heart of fools proclaimeth [their] folly.
Proverbs 19:11It is intelligence in man to be slow in his 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 confidant: from her that lieth in thy bosom guard the doors of thy mouth.
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 →