Proverbs 29:11
A fool brings out all his mind, || And the wise restrains it until afterward.
Literal Standard Version
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 perfect, || And the upright seek his soul.
12A ruler who is attending to lying words, || All his ministers [are] wicked.
Cross References
Judges 16:17that he declares all his heart to her, and says to her, “A razor has not gone up on my head, for I [am] a Nazarite to God from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then my power has turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as all of mankind.”
Proverbs 12:23A prudent man is concealing knowledge, || And the heart of fools proclaims folly.
Proverbs 19:11The wisdom of a man has deferred his anger, || And his glory [is] to pass over transgression.
Micah 7:5Do not believe in a friend, || Do not trust in a leader, || From her who is lying in your bosom keep the openings of your 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 →