Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted chacham, 1 and he that shutteth his sfatayim (lips) is esteemed a man of understanding.
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Job 13:5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! 1 And it should be your chochmah. 1
Proverbs 15:2The lashon of chachamim useth da'as aright, 1 but the peh (mouth) of kesilim (fools) poureth out folly. 1
Ecclesiastes 10:3Yea also, when he that is a kesil 1 even walketh along the derech, his sense faileth him, 1 and he saith to every one that he is a kesil. 1
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 →