2 Kings 18:36

KJV1611 – Modern English

But the people kept silent and did not answer him a word, for the king's command was, Do not answer him.

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  • Ps 38:13-14 : 13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear, and I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth. 14 Thus I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no responses.
  • Ps 39:1 : 1 I said, I will be careful of my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked are before me.
  • Prov 9:7 : 7 He who reproves a scoffer gets to himself shame: and he who rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.
  • Prov 26:4 : 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
  • Matt 7:6 : 6 Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

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