Read Pro. 12:23
"A prudent man conceals knowledge...." The word prudent means crafty and cunning. We are to be wise as serpents but harmless as doves. So we are to be as smart as our enemy yet react as the Holy Spirit would. If we are cunning and wise then we will conceal knowledge. The word conceal means to fill up hollows and cover ourselves with secrecy. To me, that means that we are to keep our knowledge hidden until the right moment. The New Testament talks about throwing our pearls before swine. In other words: make your words few and pointed and they will hold the greater weight. Today's verse compares this to a fool whose heart proclaims foolishness. The meaning of proclaim is to accost a person you meet. We have all met these people who are full of words and their agenda. They are the perfect salesman or the perfect con man. They can't hold their spiel in so it bursts out on everyone in their radius. If we look at the life of Jesus, people were drawn to him and begged him to teach them. He was prudent. He held all the truth and yet waited till people extracted it from him. He didn't vomit all his knowledge out on everyone he met.
Lord, help us to conceal knowledge until you instruct us to speak. May our words be weighty and full of your wisdom.
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