Proverbs 29:11
A fool utters all his mind: but the wise reserves his in part.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
In Context
10Bloody men hate a holy person, but the upright will seek his soul.
12When a king hearkens to unjust language, all his subjects are transgressors.
Cross References
Judges 16:17Then he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head, because I have been a holy one of God from my mother's womb; if then I should be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I shall be weak, and I shall be as all other men.
Proverbs 12:23An understanding man is a throne of wisdom; but the heart of fools shall meet with curses.
Proverbs 19:11A merciful man is longsuffering; and his + 19:11 Gr. boasting comes upon. triumph overtakes transgressors.
Micah 7:5Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of your wife, so as not to commit anything to her.
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 →