Proverbs 29:11

11 Fools show all their anger, but the wise hold it back.

Proverbs 29:11 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 29:11

A fool uttereth all his mind
At once; tells all he knows, all that is in his breast; whatever he thinks, and all that he intends to do; what or whom he loves or hates. Or, "a fool brings out all his wrath"; so the Targum, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions: he cannot restrain it, nor hide it; it breaks out at once, even all of it, and is soon known, as in ( Proverbs 12:16 ) ; but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards;
reserves his mind, and thoughts, and designs, to himself; and does not discover them until a proper opportunity offers, when to disclose them is most to advantage; or he restrains his wrath and anger, defers showing it to a proper time, when it may answer a better purpose, and he may do it without sin.

Proverbs 29:11 In-Context

9 When the wise make a legal charge against the foolish, the fools shout, they laugh—there is no calm.

10 Murderous people hate the innocent, and they seek the lives of the virtuous.

11 Fools show all their anger, but the wise hold it back.

12 If a ruler listens to lies, those who serve him will be wicked.

13 The poor and their oppressors have a common bond— the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.