Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
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Cross references
- Job 13:5 Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
- Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
- Ecclesiastes 10:14 A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?