Proverbs 29:11

A kesil (fool) uttereth all his wrath, 1 but a chacham keepeth it back quietly. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

In Context

10The anshei damim hate the blameless, 1 but the yesharim seek his nefesh (soul, i.e., well-being). + 29:10 i.e., his soulʼs well-being 1

12If a moshel pays heed to davar sheker, 1 all his mesharetim (officials, ministers) are resha'im. 1

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Cross References

Judges 16:17That he told her all his lev, and said unto her, There hath not come a morah (razor) upon mine head; for I have been a Nazir Elohim from my motherʼs beten; if I be shaven, then my ko'ach will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other adam.

Proverbs 12:23A prudent man concealeth da'as, 1 but the lev kesilim (mind of fools) preaches folly. 1

Proverbs 19:11The seichel adam deferreth his anger, 1 and it is his tiferet (glory) to pass over a peysha (transgression). 1

Micah 7:5Trust ye not in a re'a, 1 put ye not confidence in an alluf (confidant); 1 keep the doors of thy mouth from her 1 that lieth in thy kheyk (bosom). 1

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 →

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