Proverbs 12:23

New Century Version

Wise people keep what they know to themselves, but fools can’t keep from showing how foolish they are.

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:12

Then at night I started out with a few men. I had not told anyone what God had caused me to do for Jerusalem. There were no animals with me except the one I was riding.

Nehemiah 2:16

The guards did not know where I had gone or what I was doing. I had not yet said anything to the Jewish people, the priests, the important men, the officers, or any of the others who would do the work.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise don’t tell everything they know, but the foolish talk too much and are ruined.

Proverbs 10:19

If you talk a lot, you are sure to sin; if you are wise, you will keep quiet.

Proverbs 11:13

Gossips can’t keep secrets, but a trustworthy person can.

Proverbs 13:16

Every wise person acts with good sense, but fools show how foolish they are.

Proverbs 14:33

Wisdom lives in those with understanding, and even fools recognize it.

Proverbs 15:2

Wise people use knowledge when they speak, but fools pour out foolishness.

Proverbs 18:2

Fools do not want to understand anything. They only want to tell others what they think.

Proverbs 29:11

Foolish people lose their tempers, but wise people control theirs.

Ecclesiastes 10:3

Even in the way fools walk along the road, they show they are not wise; they show everyone how stupid they are.

1 Samuel 10:16

Saul answered, “He told us the donkeys had already been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about his becoming king.