Proverbs 12:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²³ A prudent man conceals his knowledge, but fools proclaim their 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.

Proverbs 12:23 Krydshenvisninger

Nehemiah 2:12

Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me; and I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no beast with me but the beast on which I rode.

Nehemiah 2:16

And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing; and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest that were to do the work.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.

Proverbs 11:13

He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing hidden.

Proverbs 13:16

In everything a prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.

Proverbs 14:33

Wisdom abides in the mind of a man of understanding, but it is not known in the heart of fools.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Proverbs 18:2

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

Proverbs 29:11

A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Ecclesiastes 10:3

Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to every one that he is a fool.

1 Samuel 10:16

And Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the asses had been found.” But about the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not tell him anything.