Verse 5

O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!
• Eccl 5:3 : 3 For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
• Jas 1:19 : 19 So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
• Job 13:13 : 13 Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?
• Job 16:3 : 3 Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?
• Job 18:2 : 2 When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.
• Job 19:2 : 2 Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?
• Job 21:2-3 : 2 Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation. 3 Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking -- ye may deride.
• Job 32:1 : 1 And these three men cease from answering Job, for he `is' righteous in his own eyes,
• Job 11:3 : 3 Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
• Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it `is'.