Verse 5

Oh, that you woulde holde your tongue, that it might be imputed to you for wisedome!

Referenced Verses

• Prov 17:28 : 28 Euen a foole (when he holdeth his peace) is counted wise, and hee that stoppeth his lips, prudent.
• Eccl 5:3 : 3 (5:2) For as a dreame commeth by the multitude of businesse: so the voyce of a foole is in the multitude of wordes.
• Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.
• Job 13:13 : 13 Holde your tongues in my presence, that I may speake, and let come vpon what will.
• Job 16:3 : 3 Shall there be none ende of wordes of winde? or what maketh thee bold so to answere?
• Job 18:2 : 2 When will yee make an ende of your words? cause vs to vnderstande, and then wee will speake.
• Job 19:2 : 2 Howe long will yee vexe my soule, and torment me with wordes?
• Job 21:2-3 : 2 Heare diligently my wordes, and this shalbe in stead of your consolations. 3 Suffer mee, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.
• Job 32:1 : 1 So these three men ceased to answere Iob, because he esteemed himselfe iust.
• Job 11:3 : 3 Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? & when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?
• Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore the prudent shal keepe silence in that time, for it is an euill time.