Job 13:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Oh that you would altogether hold your peace, and it should be your wisdom.

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  • Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise; and he who shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 For a dream comes through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:
  • Job 13:13 : 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let happen to me what will.
  • Job 16:3 : 3 Will vain words ever end? Or what makes you bold enough to answer?
  • Job 18:2 : 2 How long will it be before you make an end of words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
  • Job 19:2 : 2 How long will you vex my soul and break me in pieces with words?
  • Job 21:2-3 : 2 Listen carefully to my speech, and let this be your comfort. 3 Allow me to speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.
  • Job 32:1 : 1 So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
  • Job 11:3 : 3 Should your lies silence men? And when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 33:33
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    33If not, listen to me: hold your peace, and I shall teach you wisdom.

  • Prov 17:27-28
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    76%

    27He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.

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  • Job 13:6
    75%

    6Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

  • Amos 5:13
    74%

    13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

  • Job 11:5
    74%

    5Oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,

  • Prov 11:12
    73%

    12He who lacks wisdom despises his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

  • Job 33:31
    73%

    31Mark well, O Job, listen to me: hold your peace, and I will speak.

  • Job 13:4
    73%

    4But you are forgers of lies, you are all worthless physicians.

  • Job 13:13
    73%

    13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let happen to me what will.

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

    11A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Prov 30:32
    72%

    32If you have acted foolishly in exalting yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand on your mouth.

  • Job 11:3
    72%

    3Should your lies silence men? And when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

  • Job 29:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9The princes refrained from speaking, and laid their hands on their mouths.

    10The nobles kept silence, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

  • 1 Cor 14:30
    72%

    30If anything is revealed to another who sits by, let the first keep silent.

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my understanding:

    2That you may keep discretion, and that your lips may preserve knowledge.

  • Eccl 9:17
    71%

    17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.

  • Prov 10:19
    71%

    19In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

  • Ps 39:2
    71%

    2I was silent and still, I held my peace even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Have you heard the secret counsel of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know that we don't know? What do you understand that is not in us?

  • Prov 8:5
    71%

    5O simple ones, understand wisdom; and you fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Job 34:35
    71%

    35Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

  • Job 21:5
    70%

    5Look at me and be astonished, and place your hand over your mouth.

  • Job 13:19
    70%

    19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I keep silent, I shall die.

  • Job 34:16
    70%

    16If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the voice of my words.

  • Job 3:13
    70%

    13For now I would have lain still and been quiet, I would have slept: then I would have been at rest,

  • Hab 2:20
    70%

    20But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.

  • Ps 31:18
    70%

    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 15:1
    70%

    1A soft answer turns away wrath, but harsh words stir up anger.

  • Job 15:13
    70%

    13That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

  • Prov 14:33
    70%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Job 29:21
    70%

    21Men listened to me and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

  • Eccl 7:5
    69%

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Job 6:24
    69%

    24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

  • Job 15:3
    69%

    3Should he argue with unprofitable talk, or with speeches that do no good?

  • Prov 23:4
    69%

    4Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.

  • Eccl 5:2
    69%

    2Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God, for God is in heaven, and you are on earth; therefore, let your words be few.

  • Ps 109:1
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    1Do not remain silent, O God of my praise;

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    69%

    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 20:3
    69%

    3It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool will be meddling.

  • Jas 3:13
    69%

    13Who is wise and endowed with knowledge among you? Let him show by good conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom.

  • Job 34:2
    69%

    2Hear my words, O you wise men; and listen to me, you who have knowledge.

  • Prov 25:8
    69%

    8Do not go forth hastily to contend, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

  • Prov 26:5
    69%

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

  • Ps 50:21
    69%

    21These things you have done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether like you: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes.

  • Job 15:5
    69%

    5For your mouth declares your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.