Proverbs 12:23 - The Scriptures 2009

²³ A clever man is concealing knowledge, But the heart of fools proclaims folly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ A prudent man is reluctant to display his knowledge, but the heart of [self-confident] fools proclaims their folly. [Isa. 32:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Common English Bible

²³ The shrewd conceal their knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims their stupidity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ A resourceful man conceals knowledge. And the heart of the unwise provokes foolishness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ A cautious man concealeth knowledge: and the heart of fools publisheth folly.

Proverbs 12:23 Cross References

Nehemiah 2:12

And I rose up in the night, I and a few men with me, but informed no one what my Elohim had put in my heart to do at Yerushalayim, nor was there any beast with me, except the beast on which I rode.

Nehemiah 2:16

And the deputy rulers did not know where I had gone nor what I had done. Nor had I yet informed the Yehuḏim, or the priests, or the nobles, or the deputy rulers, or the others who did the work.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise treasure up knowledge, But the mouth of a fool is near ruin.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, Transgression is not absent, But he who restrains his lips is wise.

Proverbs 11:13

A slanderer is a revealer of secrets, But one with a trustworthy spirit conceals a matter.

Proverbs 13:16

Every one with insight acts with knowledge, But a fool spreads folly.

Proverbs 14:33

Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, And even among fools it becomes known.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good, But the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

Proverbs 18:2

A fool does not delight in understanding, But in uncovering his own heart.

Proverbs 29:11

A fool lets out all his breath, But the wise keeping it back calms it down.

Ecclesiastes 10:3

And also, when a fool walks along the way, his heart fails, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.

1 Samuel 10:16

And Sha’ul said to his uncle, “He informed us plainly that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not disclose to him about the matter of the reign, what Shemu’ĕl had said.