Proverbs 12:16
אֱוִיל בַּיּוֹם יִוָּדַע כַּעְסוֹ וְכֹסֶה קָלוֹן עָרֽוּם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
In Context
15דֶּרֶךְ אֱוִיל יָשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו וְשֹׁמֵעַ לְעֵצָה חָכָֽם ׃
17יָפִיחַ אֱמוּנָה יַגִּיד צֶדֶק וְעֵד שְׁקָרִים מִרְמָֽה ׃
Cross References
1 Kings 19:1וַיַּגֵּד אַחְאָב לְאִיזֶבֶל אֵת כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אֵלִיָּהוּ וְאֵת כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר הָרַג אֶת ־ כָּל ־ הַנְּבִיאִים בֶּחָֽרֶב ׃
Proverbs 14:33בְּלֵב נָבוֹן תָּנוּחַ חָכְמָה וּבְקֶרֶב כְּסִילִים תִּוָּדֵֽעַ ׃
Proverbs 17:9מְֽכַסֶּה ־ פֶּשַׁע מְבַקֵּשׁ אַהֲבָה וְשֹׁנֶה בְדָבָר מַפְרִיד אַלּֽוּף ׃
Proverbs 29:11כָּל ־ רוּחוֹ יוֹצִיא כְסִיל וְחָכָם בְּאָחוֹר יְשַׁבְּחֶֽנָּה ׃
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:16
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. See here, 1. What it is that keeps a fool from being wise: His way is right in his own eyes; he thinks he is in the right in every thing he does, and therefore asks no advice, because he does not apprehend he needs it; he is confident he knows the way, and cannot miss it, and therefore never enquires the way. The rule he goes by is to do that which is right in his own eyes, to walk in the way of his heart. Quicquid libet,… Read the whole commentary →