Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
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Gill's Exposition
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise,.... Not only one that is sparing of his words, and is really a man of knowledge and understanding; but even a feel, if he is but silent, and…
Barnes' Notes
Is esteemed - Or, “is” (simply). The maxim would imply that silence is in any case good.
Two ways a man may show himself to be a wise man: - 1. By the good temper, the sweetness and the sedateness, of his mind: A man of understanding is of an excellent spirit, a precious spirit (so the…
Cambridge Bible
he that shutteth&c. Or, with R.V. text, when he(i.e. the foolof the former clause of the verse) shutteth … he isesteemed as prudent. Mr Horton (Book of Proverbs, p. 177) quotes the old Norse…
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