Proverbs 17:28

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

Job 13:5

And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it.

Ecclesiastes 10:3

Yea, and the fool when he walketh in the way, whereas be himself is a fool, esteemeth all men fools.

Proverbs 18:1

He that hath a mind to depart from a friend seeketh occasions: he shall ever be subject to reproach.

Job 32:16

Therefore because I have waited, and they have not spoken: they stood, and answered no more: