Proverbs 17:28
Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
In Context
27He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise.
Cross References
Job 13:5But would that you⌃ were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise knows what is good: but the mouth of the foolish tells out evil things.
Ecclesiastes 10:3Yes, and whenever a fool walks by the way, his heart will fail him, and all that he thinks of is folly.
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 →