Job 13:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

Oh, that you woulde holde your tongue, that it might be imputed to you for wisedome!

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:28 : 28 Euen a foole (when he holdeth his peace) is counted wise, and hee that stoppeth his lips, prudent.
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 (5:2) For as a dreame commeth by the multitude of businesse: so the voyce of a foole is in the multitude of wordes.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.
  • Job 13:13 : 13 Holde your tongues in my presence, that I may speake, and let come vpon what will.
  • Job 16:3 : 3 Shall there be none ende of wordes of winde? or what maketh thee bold so to answere?
  • Job 18:2 : 2 When will yee make an ende of your words? cause vs to vnderstande, and then wee will speake.
  • Job 19:2 : 2 Howe long will yee vexe my soule, and torment me with wordes?
  • Job 21:2-3 : 2 Heare diligently my wordes, and this shalbe in stead of your consolations. 3 Suffer mee, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.
  • Job 32:1 : 1 So these three men ceased to answere Iob, because he esteemed himselfe iust.
  • Job 11:3 : 3 Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? & when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore the prudent shal keepe silence in that time, for it is an euill time.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 33:33
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    33If thou hast not, heare me: holde thy tongue, and I will teach thee wisedome.

  • Prov 17:27-28
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    76%

    27Hee that hath knowledge, spareth his wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of an excellent spirit.

    28Euen a foole (when he holdeth his peace) is counted wise, and hee that stoppeth his lips, prudent.

  • Job 13:6
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    6Nowe heare my disputation, and giue eare to the arguments of my lips.

  • Amos 5:13
    74%

    13Therefore the prudent shal keepe silence in that time, for it is an euill time.

  • Job 11:5
    74%

    5But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!

  • Prov 11:12
    73%

    12He that despiseth his neighbour, is destitute of wisedome: but a man of vnderstanding will keepe silence.

  • Job 33:31
    73%

    31Marke well, O Iob, and heare me: keepe silence, and I will speake.

  • Job 13:4
    73%

    4For in deede ye forge lyes, and all you are physitions of no value.

  • Job 13:13
    73%

    13Holde your tongues in my presence, that I may speake, and let come vpon what will.

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

    11A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.

  • Prov 30:32
    72%

    32If thou hast bene foolish in lifting thy selfe vp, and if thou hast thought wickedly, lay thine hand vpon thy mouth.

  • Job 11:3
    72%

    3Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? & when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?

  • Job 29:9-10
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    72%

    9The princes stayed talke, and layde their hand on their mouth.

    10The voyce of princes was hidde, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.

  • 1 Cor 14:30
    72%

    30And if any thing be reueiled to another that sitteth by, let the first holde his peace.

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.

    2That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.

  • Eccl 9:17
    71%

    17The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.

  • Prov 10:19
    71%

    19In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.

  • Ps 39:2
    71%

    2I was dumme & spake nothing: I kept silece euen from good, and my sorow was more stirred.

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?

    9What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?

  • Prov 8:5
    71%

    5O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.

  • Job 34:35
    71%

    35Iob hath not spoken of knowledge, neyther were his wordes according to wisedome.

  • Job 21:5
    70%

    5Marke mee, and be abashed, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.

  • Job 13:19
    70%

    19Who is he, that will pleade with me? for if I nowe holde my tongue, I dye.

  • Job 34:16
    70%

    16And if thou hast vnderstanding, heare this and hearken to the voyce of my wordes.

  • Job 3:13
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    13For so shoulde I now haue lyen and bene quiet, I should haue slept then, and bene at rest,

  • Hab 2:20
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    20But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth keepe silence before him.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 15:1
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    1A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.

  • Job 15:13
    70%

    13That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?

  • Prov 14:33
    70%

    33Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • Job 29:21
    70%

    21Vnto me men gaue eare, and wayted, and helde their tongue at my counsell.

  • Eccl 7:5
    69%

    5(7:7) Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

  • Job 6:24
    69%

    24Teach me, and I wil hold my tongue: & cause me to vnderstande, wherein I haue erred.

  • Job 15:3
    69%

    3Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?

  • Prov 23:4
    69%

    4Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.

  • Eccl 5:2
    69%

    2(5:1) Be not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hastie to vtter a thing before God: for God is in the heauens, and thou art on the earth: therefore let thy wordes be fewe.

  • Ps 109:1
    69%

    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Holde not thy tongue, O God of my praise.

  • Ps 34:13
    69%

    13Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.

  • Prov 20:3
    69%

    3It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.

  • Jas 3:13
    69%

    13Who is a wise man & endued with knowledge among you? let him shew by good conuersation his workes in meekenesse of wisdome.

  • Job 34:2
    69%

    2Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.

  • Prov 25:8
    69%

    8Goe not foorth hastily to strife, least thou know not what to doe in the ende thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

  • Prov 26:5
    69%

    5Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

  • Ps 50:21
    69%

    21These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue: therefore thou thoughtest that I was like thee: but I will reproue thee, and set them in order before thee.

  • Job 15:5
    69%

    5For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.