Proverbs 12:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Be sensible and don't tell everything you know— only fools spread foolishness everywhere.

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:12

I got up during the night and left my house. I took some men with me, without telling anyone what I thought God wanted me to do for the city. The only animal I took was the donkey I rode on.

Nehemiah 2:16

None of the city officials knew what I had in mind. And I had not even told any of the Jews—not the priests, the leaders, the officials, or any other Jews who would be helping in the work.

Proverbs 10:14

If you have good sense, you will learn all you can, but foolish talk will soon destroy you.

Proverbs 10:19

You will say the wrong thing if you talk too much— so be sensible and watch what you say.

Proverbs 11:13

A gossip tells everything, but a true friend will keep a secret.

Proverbs 13:16

If you have good sense, you will act sensibly, but fools act like fools.

Proverbs 14:33

Wisdom is found in the minds of people with good sense, but fools don't know it.

Proverbs 15:2

Words of wisdom come from the wise, but fools speak foolishness.

Proverbs 18:2

Fools have no desire to learn; they would much rather give their own opinion.

Proverbs 29:11

Don't be a fool and quickly lose your temper— be sensible and patient.

Ecclesiastes 10:3

Fools show their stupidity by the way they live; it's easy to see they have no sense.

1 Samuel 10:16

Saul answered, “He told us the donkeys had been found.” But Saul didn't mention that Samuel had chosen him to be king.