Proverbs 12:16

The Message

Fools have short fuses and explode all too quickly; the prudent quietly shrug off insults.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred starts fights, but love pulls a quilt over the bickering.

Proverbs 12:17

Truthful witness by a good person clears the air, but liars lay down a smoke screen of deceit.

Proverbs 14:33

Lady Wisdom is at home in an understanding heart— fools never even get to say hello.

Proverbs 16:22

True intelligence is a spring of fresh water, while fools sweat it out the hard way.

Proverbs 17:9

Overlook an offense and bond a friendship; fasten on to a slight and—good-bye, friend!

Proverbs 25:28

A person without self-control is like a house with its doors and windows knocked out.

Proverbs 27:3

Carrying a log across your shoulders while you’re hefting a boulder with your arms Is nothing compared to the burden of putting up with a fool.

Proverbs 29:11

A fool lets it all hang out; a sage quietly mulls it over.

James 1:19

Post this at all the intersections, dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear. God’s righteousness doesn’t grow from human anger. So throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life.