Isaiah 36:21
They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered,“Don’t respond to him.”
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- Prov 26:4 : 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.
- Amos 5:13 : 13 For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.
- Matt 7:6 : 6 Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.
- 2 Kgs 18:26 : 26 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief adviser,“Speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don’t speak with us in the Judahite dialect in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”
- 2 Kgs 18:37 : 37 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.
- Ps 38:13-15 : 13 But I am like a deaf man– I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak. 14 I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense. 15 Yet I wait for you, O LORD! You will respond, O Lord, my God!
- Ps 39:1 : 1 For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided,“I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.”
- Prov 9:7-8 : 7 Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse. 8 Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.
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