Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
Proverbs 11:11By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.
Proverbs 11:13A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
Proverbs 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
Treasury of Scripture
He that is void of wisdom despises his neighbor: but a man of understanding holds his peace.
that
Judges 9:27-29,38
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech…
Nehemiah 4:2-4
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? …
Psalm 123:3,4
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt…
void of wisdom
Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
1 Samuel 10:27
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
2 Kings 18:36
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
