Proverbs 29:11

11 totum spiritum suum profert stultus sapiens differt et reservat in posterum

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 vir sapiens si cum stulto contenderit sive irascatur sive rideat non inveniet requiem

10 viri sanguinum oderunt simplicem iusti quaerunt animam eius

11 totum spiritum suum profert stultus sapiens differt et reservat in posterum

12 princeps qui libenter audit verba mendacii omnes ministros habebit impios

13 pauper et creditor obviam fuerunt sibi utriusque inluminator est Dominus