Proverbs 12:23

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:12

And I got up in the night, I and a few men with me. And I did not reveal to anyone what God had placed in my heart to do in Jerusalem. And there was no animal with me, except the animal on which I was sitting.

Nehemiah 2:16

Now the magistrates did not know where I had gone, or what I had done. For I had revealed nothing, even to that point in time, to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the magistrates, or to the others who were doing the work.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise store away knowledge. But the mouth of the foolish is a neighbor to confusion.

Proverbs 10:19

In a multitude of speaking, sin will not be lacking. But whoever tempers his lips is most prudent.

Proverbs 11:13

Whoever walks dishonestly reveals secrets. But whoever is of a faithful soul conceals what is confided by a friend.

Proverbs 13:16

The discerning do everything with counsel. But whoever is senseless discloses his stupidity.

Proverbs 14:33

In the heart of the prudent, wisdom finds rest. And so shall he instruct all the uneducated.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge. But the mouth of the senseless gushes with foolishness.

Proverbs 18:2

The foolish do not accept words of prudence, unless you say what is already turning in his heart.

Proverbs 29:11

A foolish one offers everything on his mind. A wise one reserves and defers until later.

Ecclesiastes 10:3

Moreover, as a foolish man is walking along the way, even though he himself is unwise, he considers everyone to be foolish.

1 Samuel 10:16

And Saul said to his uncle, "He told us that the donkeys would be found." But the word about the kingdom, which Samuel had spoken to him, he did not reveal to him.