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

  • Prov 17:27-28
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    76%

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

    28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise; and he who shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

  • Job 13:6
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    6 Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

  • Amos 5:13
    74%

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

  • Job 11:5
    74%

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

  • Prov 11:12
    73%

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

  • Job 33:31
    73%

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

  • Job 13:4
    73%

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

  • Job 13:13
    73%

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

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

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

  • Prov 30:32
    72%

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

  • Job 11:3
    72%

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

  • Job 29:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • 1 Cor 14:30
    72%

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

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • Eccl 9:17
    71%

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

  • Prov 10:19
    71%

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

  • Ps 39:2
    71%

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

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • Prov 8:5
    71%

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

  • Job 34:35
    71%

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

  • Job 21:5
    70%

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

  • Job 13:19
    70%

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

  • Job 34:16
    70%

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

  • Job 3:13
    70%

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

  • Hab 2:20
    70%

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

  • Ps 31:18
    70%

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

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

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

  • Prov 15:1
    70%

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

  • Job 15:13
    70%

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

  • Prov 14:33
    70%

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

  • Job 29:21
    70%

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

  • Eccl 7:5
    69%

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

  • Job 6:24
    69%

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

  • Job 15:3
    69%

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

  • Prov 23:4
    69%

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

  • Eccl 5:2
    69%

    2 Do 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
    69%

    1 Do not remain silent, O God of my praise;

  • Ps 34:13
    69%

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

  • Prov 20:3
    69%

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

  • Jas 3:13
    69%

    13 Who 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%

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

  • Prov 25:8
    69%

    8 Do 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%

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

  • Ps 50:21
    69%

    21 These 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%

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

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