SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:23
¶ El hombre cuerdo encubre su sabiduría; mas el corazón de los locos publica la locura.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 12:23
Verse 23. A prudent man concealeth knowledge ] "If a fool hold his peace he may pass for a wise man." I have known men of some learning, so intent on immediately informing a company how well cultivated their minds were, that they have passed either for insignificant pedants or stupid asses.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 23. A prudent man concealeth knowledge , etc.] Of things natural or divine, which he is furnished with; not but that he is willing to communicate it, as he should, at proper times, in proper places, and to proper persons; but he does not needlessly and unseasonably speak of it; he does not make a show of it, or boast and brag of it: he modestly forbears to speak of what he knows, but when there is a necessity for it, even of that which may be lawfully divulged; which is a point of prudence and modesty; otherwise it is criminal to reveal secrets, or publish what should be kept private or should not be known. Aben Ezra interprets it of a wise man’s hiding his knowledge in his heart, that he may not forget it; but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness ; that which they have in their hearts and minds, and which they take for deep knowledge, profound and recondite learning, they proclaim with their mouths in a noisy and clamorous way; and while they declare their ill shaped notions, their incoherent and unconnected ideas of things, they betray their ignorance and folly, as ostentatious men do.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 23 - Foolish men proclaim to all the folly and emptiness of their minds.
Original Hebrew
אדם 120 ערום 6175 כסה 3680 דעת 1847 ולב 3820 כסילים 3684 יקרא 7121 אולת׃ 200
