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Selected Verse: Proverbs 29:11 - Strong Concordance

Verse         Translation Text
Pr 29:11 Strong Concordance A fool [03684] uttereth [03318] all his mind [07307]: but a wise [02450] man keepeth [07623] it in till afterwards [0268].
  King James A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
(Compare Pro 12:16; Pro 16:32).

mind--or, "spirit," for anger or any ill passion which the righteous restrain.
 
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32 He that is slow [0750] to anger [0639] is better [02896] than the mighty [01368]; and he that ruleth [04910] his spirit [07307] than he that taketh [03920] a city [05892].
16 A fool's [0191] wrath [03708] is presently [03117] known [03045]: but a prudent [06175] man covereth [03680] shame [07036].
7 Which stilleth [07623] the noise [07588] of the seas [03220], the noise [07588] of their waves [01530], and the tumult [01995] of the people [03816].
23 Who among you will give ear [0238] to this? who will hearken [07181] and hear [08085] for the time to come [0268]?
10 Thou hast broken [01792] Rahab [07294] in pieces [01792], as one that is slain [02491]; thou hast scattered [06340] thine enemies [0341] with thy strong [05797] arm [02220].
11 Ye shall conceive [02029] chaff [02842], ye shall bring forth [03205] stubble [07179]: your breath [07307], as fire [0784], shall devour [0398] you.
4 For thou hast been a strength [04581] to the poor [01800], a strength [04581] to the needy [034] in his distress [06862], a refuge [04268] from the storm [02230], a shadow [06738] from the heat [02721], when the blast [07307] of the terrible ones [06184] is as a storm [02230] against the wall [07023].
31 The hoary head [07872] is a crown [05850] of glory [08597], if it be found [04672] in the way [01870] of righteousness [06666].