Verse 21

Then they kept silence, and answered him not a worde: for the Kings commandement was, saying, Answere him not.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 26:4 : 4 Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.
• Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore the prudent shal keepe silence in that time, for it is an euill time.
• Matt 7:6 : 6 Giue ye not that which is holy, to dogges, neither cast ye your pearles before swine, lest they treade them vnder their feete, and turning againe, all to rent you.
• 2 Kgs 18:26 : 26 Then Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Ioah said vnto Rabshakeh, Speake I pray thee, to thy seruants in the Aramites language, for we vnderstand it, and talke not with vs in the Iewes tongue, in the audience of the people that are on the wall.
• 2 Kgs 18:37 : 37 Then Eliakim, the sonne of Hilkiah which was steward of the house, and Shebnah the chanceller, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and tolde him the wordes of Rabshakeh.
• Ps 38:13-15 : 13 But I as a deafe man heard not, and am as a dumme man, which openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus am I as a man, that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofes. 15 For on thee, O Lord, do I waite: thou wilt heare me, my Lord, my God.
• Ps 39:1 : 1 To the excellent musician Ieduthun. A Psalme of Dauid. I thought, I will take heede to my wayes, that I sinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth brideled, while the wicked is in my sight.
• Prov 9:7-8 : 7 He that reproueth a scorner, purchaseth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himselfe a blot. 8 Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.