Job 13:5

World English Bible (2000)

Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
  • Job 13:13 : 13 "Be silent, leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
  • Job 16:3 : 3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
  • Job 18:2 : 2 "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
  • Job 19:2 : 2 "How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?
  • Job 21:2-3 : 2 "Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation. 3 Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on.
  • Job 32:1 : 1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
  • Job 11:3 : 3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

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  • Job 29:9-10
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