Proverbs 17:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ Even fools who keep silent are considered wise; when they close their lips, they are deemed intelligent.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: And he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ Even a fool when he holds his peace is considered wise; when he closes his lips he is esteemed a man of understanding.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.

Common English Bible

²⁸ Fools who keep quiet are deemed wise; those who shut their lips are smart.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ If he would remain silent, even the foolish would be considered wise, and if he closes his lips, intelligent.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ Even a fool, if he will hold his peace shall be counted wise: and if he close his lips, a man of understanding.

Proverbs 17:28 Cross References

Job 13:5

If you would only keep silent, that would be your wisdom!

Job 32:16

And am I to wait because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more?

Proverbs 15:2

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

Proverbs 18:1

The one who lives alone is self-indulgent, showing contempt for all sound judgment.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

yet fools talk on and on. No one knows what is to happen, and who can tell anyone what the future holds?

Ecclesiastes 10:3

Even when fools walk on the road, they lack sense and show to everyone that they are fools.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For dreams come with many cares, and a fool’s voice with many words.