Mark 12:34
When Jesus saw that he had answered thoughtfully, he said to him,“You are not far from the kingdom of God.” Then no one dared any longer to question him.
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- Matt 22:46 : 46 No one was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.
- Luke 20:40 : 40 For they did not dare any longer to ask him anything.
- Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.
- Titus 1:9-9 : 9 He must hold firmly to the faithful message as it has been taught, so that he will be able to give exhortation in such healthy teaching and correct those who speak against it. 10 For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those with Jewish connections, 11 who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.
- Job 32:15-16 : 15 Job’s Friends Failed to Answer“They are dismayed and cannot answer any more; they have nothing left to say. 16 And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,
- Matt 12:20 : 20 He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.
- Rom 3:19-20 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
- Rom 7:9 : 9 And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive
- Gal 2:19 : 19 For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.
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