Proverbs 12:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

A fool's wrath is immediately known, but a prudent man covers shame.

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  • Prov 29:11 : 11 A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:
  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.
  • Prov 17:9 : 9 He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
  • Prov 25:28 : 28 Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls.
  • Prov 14:33 : 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.
  • Prov 16:22 : 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.
  • 1 Sam 20:30-34 : 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of a perverse rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own confusion, and to the confusion of your mother's nakedness? 31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the ground, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die. 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be slain? What has he done? 33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him, whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to slay David. 34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no food the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
  • 1 Kgs 19:1-2 : 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

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