Proverbs 12:8

8 A person who talks sense is honored; airheads are held in contempt.

Proverbs 12:8 In-Context

6 The words of the wicked kill; the speech of the upright saves.
7 Wicked people fall to pieces - there's nothing to them; the homes of good people hold together.
8 A person who talks sense is honored; airheads are held in contempt.
9 Better to be ordinary and work for a living than act important and starve in the process.
10 Good people are good to their animals; the "good-hearted" bad people kick and abuse them.
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