Proverbs 29:11
כָּל ־ רוּחוֹ יוֹצִיא כְסִיל וְחָכָם בְּאָחוֹר יְשַׁבְּחֶֽנָּה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
In Context
10אַנְשֵׁי דָמִים יִשְׂנְאוּ ־ תָם וִֽישָׁרִים יְבַקְשׁוּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ ׃
12מֹשֵׁל מַקְשִׁיב עַל ־ דְּבַר ־ שָׁקֶר כָּֽל ־ מְשָׁרְתָיו רְשָׁעִֽים ׃
Cross References
Judges 16:17וַיַּגֶּד ־ לָהּ אֶת ־ כָּל ־ לִבּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ מוֹרָה לֹֽא ־ עָלָה עַל ־ רֹאשִׁי כִּֽי ־ נְזִיר אֱלֹהִים אֲנִי מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי אִם ־ גֻּלַּחְתִּי וְסָר מִמֶּנִּי כֹחִי וְחָלִיתִי וְהָיִיתִי כְּכָל ־ הָאָדָֽם ׃
Proverbs 12:23אָדָם עָרוּם כֹּסֶה דָּעַת וְלֵב כְּסִילִים יִקְרָא אִוֶּֽלֶת ׃
Proverbs 19:11שֵׂכֶל אָדָם הֶאֱרִיךְ אַפּוֹ וְתִפאַרְתּוֹ עֲבֹר עַל ־ פָּֽשַׁע ׃
Micah 7:5אַל ־ תַּאֲמִינוּ בְרֵעַ אַֽל ־ תִּבְטְחוּ בְּאַלּוּף מִשֹּׁכֶבֶת חֵיקֶךָ שְׁמֹר פִּתְחֵי ־ פִֽיךָ ׃
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 →