Proverbs 13:16

“Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge, etc.] In order to get more, and with men of knowledge for the same purpose; all he does is with knowledge and discretion; he does not meddle with things, nor has he to do with persons, he knows nothing of; he both acts and speaks with knowledge, cautiously, wisely, considering well time, place, and persons: and every wise and good man deals with evangelical knowledge, and studies to grow in the knowledge of the Gospel, and the mysteries of it; in the knowledge of Christ, and of God in Christ; the issue of which is life eternal; but a fool layeth open [his] folly; or “spreads”f377 it; and exposes it to the view of everyone, by his foolish talk and…”

“dealeth--acts with foresight. a fool . . . folly--for want of caution.”

“Knowledge - Considerately and discreetly. Layeth open - By his foolish actions. Proverbs 13:17”

“prudent: Pro 12:22, Pro 12:23, Pro 15:2, Pro 21:24; Psa 112:5; Isa 52:13; Mat 10:16; Rom 16:19; Co1 14:20; Eph 5:17 a fool: Sa1 25:10, Sa1 25:11, Sa1 25:17, Sa1 25:25; Ecc 10:3 layeth: Heb. spreadeth Proverbs 13:17”

“16 Every prudent man acteth with understanding; But a fool spreadeth abroad folly. Hitzig reads, with the Syr. (but not the Targ.) and Jerome, כּל (omnia agit), but contrary to the Hebr. syntax. The כּל־ is not feeble and useless, but means that he always acts בּדּעת, mit Bedacht \[with judgment\] (opp. בּבלי דעת, inconsulto, Deu 4:42; Deu 19:4), while on the contrary the fool displays folly. Pro 12:23 and Pro 15:2 serve to explain both members of the verse. Bedchtigkeit \[judgment\] is just knowledge directed to a definite practical end, a clear thought concentrated on a definite point. יקרא, he calls out, and יבּיע, he sputters out, are parallels to יפרשׂ. Fleischer: פּרשׂ, expandit (opp.…”