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Fools Be Talkin

27 

A truly wise person uses few words;
     a person with understanding is even-tempered.

28 

Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent;
     with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent.

Verse 27

A wise man thinks carefully. He does not suddenly become angry. Other people might think that he is slow. They are wrong, because it might take a long time to make a good decision.

Verse 28

This verse is good advice for a fool. Solomon is using humor here, because a fool hates wisdom and good advice.

Actually, Solomon is pretending that he is advising a fool. He does this because he has a good lesson to teach us all.

A fool’s words are all evil and foolish. So he should be silent. Then he can say nothing that is evil. Then everybody will think that he is a wise man.

The lesson for everyone is this. We should not speak too much. We should be careful about our words. We should think before we speak. Then we shall be able to use wise words.

The first proverb advises us to avoid talking too much. When people get angry, they often say things they later regret. A wise person stays calm and doesn't say hurtful things they might regret later.

There is a debate about who originally said, "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt." Another version of this saying is, "It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." These sayings are often attributed to Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain.

Both Lincoln and Twain were familiar with the Bible and had a knack for rephrasing ideas cleverly. It's likely that one of them took inspiration from a Bible verse, added the idea of removing doubt, and created the famous sayings.

Let me ask you:Are there things that you really wish you hadn’t said? You cannot unsay things that you said. However, for protection in the future, maybe you should memorize verse 28.

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