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Proverbs 17:28

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

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Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.

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

An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.

Shall I wait, because they don't speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?