Job 13:5

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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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.

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    11A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

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    32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.

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    30But if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first keep silence.

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