Proverbs 12:23

A Conservative Version

A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:16

Every prudent man works with knowledge, but a fool flaunts folly.

Proverbs 11:13

He who goes around as a tale-bearer reveals secrets, but he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a foolish man is a present destruction.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.

Proverbs 10:19

Transgression is not lacking in the multitude of words, but he who refrains his lips does wisely.

Ecclesiastes 10:3

Yea also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone [that] he is a fool.

Proverbs 18:2

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.

Proverbs 29:11

A fool utters all his anger, but a wise man keeps it back and calms it.

1 Samuel 10:16

And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he did not tell him.

Nehemiah 2:12

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me. I neither told any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem, nor was there any beast with me except the beast that I rode upon.

Nehemiah 2:16

And the rulers did not know where I went, or what I did, neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the ranking men, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.

Proverbs 14:33

Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but [a thing] in the inward part of fools is made known.