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.

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

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

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

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

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

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