THEOSISProverbs 12:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A cautious man concealeth knowledge: and the heart of fools publisheth folly.
אָדָ֣ם עָ֭רוּם כֹּ֣סֶה דָּ֑עַת וְלֵ֥ב כְּ֝סִילִ֗ים יִקְרָ֥א אִוֶּֽלֶת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 13:16The prudent man doth all things with counsel: but he that is a fool, layeth open his folly.
- Prov 11:13He that walketh deceitfully, revealeth secrets: but he that is faithful, concealeth the thing committed to him by his friend.
- Prov 10:14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion.
- Prov 10:19In the multitude of words there shall not want sin: but he that refraineth his lips, is most wise.
- Prov 15:2The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.
- Eccl 10:12The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.
- Eccl 10:14A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
- Eccl 10:3Yea, and the fool when he walketh in the way, whereas he himself is a fool, esteemeth all men fools.