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Proverbs 12:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness. "

Proverbs 12:23

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21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

22 Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who do the truth are his delight.

23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

24 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

25 Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

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A wise person does not try to advertise his own wisdom, and that is part of his honor. He shares what he knows when it will help others grow, but he keeps it quiet when showing it off would only win praise for himself. People who truly know much, if they are prudent, carefully avoid anything that smells like self-display. They do not use every chance to show their learning, but only to do good, and then they let their works speak for them.

The thought is that skill is most complete when it is hidden. By contrast, a foolish person cannot keep his folly from showing, and that is his shame. His foolish words and actions make his foolishness plain. Either he does not care to hide it, because he has so little sense of what is honorable, or he does not know how to hide it, because he has so little self-control and wisdom in how he carries himself (Ecclesiastes 10:3).

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Proverbs 10:14

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"Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin."

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Sirach 21:26

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"The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of wise men is their heart."

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Ecclesiastes 10:2

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"A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left."

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Sirach 3:29

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"The heart of the prudent will understand a proverb. A wise man desires the ear of a listener."

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Ecclesiastes 10:12

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"The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips."

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Proverbs 12:1

"Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid."

Proverbs 12:2

"A good man shall obtain favor from the LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked plans."

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"A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved."

Proverbs 12:4

"A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones."

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"The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful."

Proverbs 12:6

"The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them."

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