Verse 5

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
• Eccl 5:3 : 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
• Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
• Job 13:13 : 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
• Job 16:3 : 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
• Job 18:2 : 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
• Job 19:2 : 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
• Job 21:2-3 : 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that 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 thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
• Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.