THEOSISProverbs 17:28Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Even a fool, if he will hold his peace, shall be counted wise: and if he close his lips, a man of understanding.
גַּ֤ם אֱוִ֣יל מַ֭חֲרִישׁ חָכָ֣ם יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב אֹטֵ֖ם שְׂפָתָ֣יו נָבֽוֹן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Job 13:5And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.
- Prov 15:2The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.
- 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 5:3If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it.
- Eccl 10:3Yea, and the fool when he walketh in the way, whereas he himself is a fool, esteemeth all men fools.