Proverbs 17:28

New International Reader's Version

We think even foolish people are wise if they keep silent. We think they understand what is right if they control their tongues.

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I wish you would keep your mouths shut! Then people would think you were wise.

Do I have to keep on waiting, now that they are silent? They are just standing there with nothing to say.

The tongues of wise people use knowledge well. But the mouths of foolish people pour out foolish words.

A person who isn’t friendly looks out only for themselves. They oppose all good sense by starting fights.

They talk too much. No one knows what lies ahead. Who can tell someone else what will happen after they are gone?

Foolish people don’t have any sense at all. They show everyone they are foolish. They do it even when they are walking along the road.

Many worries result in dreams. Many words result in foolish talk.