Loving Discipline and Knowledge
Proverbs 12:16
In 11 translations
- BSB
- A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
- KJV
- A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.presently: Heb. in that day
- WEB
- A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.
- ASV
- A fool’s vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.
- LSV
- The fool—his anger is known in a day, || And the prudent is covering shame.
- YLT
- The fool — in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.
- DBY
- The vexation of the fool is presently known; but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
- DRC
- A fool immediately sheweth his anger: but he that dissembleth injuries is wise.
- GNV
- A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise.
- JPS
- A fool's vexation is presently known; but a prudent man concealeth shame.
- LXXE
- A fool declares his wrath the same day; but a prudent man hides his own disgrace.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- אֱוִ֗יל בַּ֭יּוֹם יִוָּדַ֣ע כַּעְס֑וֹ וְכֹסֶ֖ה קָל֣וֹן עָרֽוּם׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἄφρων αὐθημερὸν ἐξαγγέλλει ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ, κρύπτει δὲ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀτιμίαν ἀνὴρ πανοῦργος.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 29:11A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
- James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
- Proverbs 17:9Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
- Proverbs 25:28Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
- Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
- Proverbs 14:33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known.
- 1 Kings 19:1–2Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this…
- 1 Samuel 20:30–34Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who…
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