Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool is thought to be wise if he keeps silent; 1 when he keeps his mouth shut, he is considered to be intelligent.
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27One who has knowledge uses few words 1 and one with understanding is even-tempered. 1
Cross References
Job 13:5Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace! 1 That would be your wisdom. 1
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of wise people compliments knowledge, 1 but the mouth of fools pours out folly. 1
Ecclesiastes 10:3When a fool walks down a road, 2 his thinking is deficient, 3 proving to everyone he is a fool. 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 →