Psalms 38:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.

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Referenced Verses

  • Amos 5:13 : 13 So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.
  • Mic 7:5 : 5 Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.
  • Mark 15:3-5 : 3 And the chief priests said a number of things against him. 4 And Pilate again put a question, Do you say nothing in answer? see how much evil they say you have done. 5 But Jesus gave no more answers, so that Pilate was full of wonder.
  • John 8:6 : 6 They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.

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  • Isa 50:5
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  • Isa 42:18-20
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    18Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

    19Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant?

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    8But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

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    17They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths.

  • Prov 5:13
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    13I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!

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  • Job 40:4
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    4Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?

  • Ps 32:3
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    3When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.

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    3Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

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    21Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions.

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  • Job 20:3
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    3I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.

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    3And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.