Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: when he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
27He that spareth his words hath knowledge: and he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Cross References
Job 13:5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out folly.
Ecclesiastes 10:3Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
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 →