Proverbs 17:28

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Even fools who keep silent are considered wise; when they close their lips, they are deemed intelligent.

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If you would only keep silent, that would be your wisdom!

And am I to wait because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more?

The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

The one who lives alone is self-indulgent, showing contempt for all sound judgment.

yet fools talk on and on. No one knows what is to happen, and who can tell anyone what the future holds?

Even when fools walk on the road, they lack sense and show to everyone that they are fools.

For dreams come with many cares, and a fool’s voice with many words.