Job 13:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, 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 emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
  • Job 18:2 : 2 How long [will it be ere] ye make an end of words? mark, 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 that I may 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 lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it [is] an evil time.

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