Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. 2 When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
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In Context
27He who spares his words has knowledge. 2 He who is even tempered is a man of understanding. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, 2 but the mouth of fools gush out folly. 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 →