Verse 5

Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is [esteemed as] prudent.
• Eccl 5:3 : 3 For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
• Jas 1:19 : 19 Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
• Job 13:13 : 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.
• Job 16:3 : 3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
• Job 18:2 : 2 How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
• Job 19:2 : 2 How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?
• Job 21:2-3 : 2 Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.
• Job 32:1 : 1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
• Job 11:3 : 3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
• Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.