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Ecclesiastes 3:7
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Ecclesiastes 3:7
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7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent(A) and a time to speak,
Amos 5:13
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Amos 5:13
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Esther 4:13-14
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Esther 4:13-14
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13 he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. 14 For if you remain silent(A) at this time, relief(B) and deliverance(C) for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”(D)
Acts 4:20
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Acts 4:20
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Micah 7:5
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Micah 7:5
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5 Do not trust a neighbor;
put no confidence in a friend.(A)
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace
guard the words of your lips.
Lamentations 3:28
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Lamentations 3:28
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28 Let him sit alone in silence,(A)
for the Lord has laid it on him.
Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 24:11-12
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Proverbs 24:11-12
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Joel 2:13
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Joel 2:13
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Job 32:4-22
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Job 32:4-22
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4 Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he.(A) 5 But when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say, his anger was aroused.
6 So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:
“I am young in years,
and you are old;(B)
that is why I was fearful,
not daring to tell you what I know.
7 I thought, ‘Age should speak;
advanced years should teach wisdom.’(C)
8 But it is the spirit[a](D) in a person,
the breath of the Almighty,(E) that gives them understanding.(F)
9 It is not only the old[b] who are wise,(G)
not only the aged(H) who understand what is right.(I)
10 “Therefore I say: Listen to me;(J)
I too will tell you what I know.(K)
11 I waited while you spoke,
I listened to your reasoning;
while you were searching for words,
12 I gave you my full attention.
But not one of you has proved Job wrong;
none of you has answered his arguments.(L)
13 Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom;(M)
let God, not a man, refute(N) him.’
14 But Job has not marshaled his words against me,(O)
and I will not answer him with your arguments.
15 “They are dismayed and have no more to say;
words have failed them.(P)
16 Must I wait, now that they are silent,
now that they stand there with no reply?
17 I too will have my say;
I too will tell what I know.(Q)
18 For I am full of words,
and the spirit(R) within me compels me;(S)
19 inside I am like bottled-up wine,
like new wineskins ready to burst.(T)
20 I must speak and find relief;
I must open my lips and reply.(U)
21 I will show no partiality,(V)
nor will I flatter anyone;(W)
22 for if I were skilled in flattery,
my Maker(X) would soon take me away.(Y)
Esther 7:4
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Esther 7:4
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4 For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.(A) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.[a]”
Footnotes
- Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer
Luke 19:37-40
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Luke 19:37-40
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37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives,(A) the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:
“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”(C)
39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”(D)
40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”(E)
Footnotes
- Luke 19:38 Psalm 118:26
1 Samuel 25:24-44
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1 Samuel 25:24-44
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24 She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord,(A) and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say. 25 Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool(B),(C) and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent. 26 And now, my lord, as surely as the Lord your God lives and as you live, since the Lord has kept you from bloodshed(D) and from avenging(E) yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal.(F) 27 And let this gift,(G) which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.
28 “Please forgive(H) your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting(I) dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles,(J) and no wrongdoing(K) will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life,(L) the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl(M) away as from the pocket of a sling.(N) 30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler(O) over Israel, 31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember(P) your servant.”(Q)
32 David said to Abigail, “Praise(R) be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed(S) this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal(T) would have been left alive by daybreak.”
35 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted(U) your request.”
36 When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high(V) spirits and very drunk.(W) So she told(X) him nothing at all until daybreak. 37 Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone.(Y) 38 About ten days later, the Lord struck(Z) Nabal and he died.
39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.”
Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife. 40 His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.”
41 She bowed down with her face to the ground and said, “I am your servant and am ready to serve you and wash the feet of my lord’s servants.” 42 Abigail(AA) quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five female servants, went with David’s messengers and became his wife. 43 David had also married Ahinoam(AB) of Jezreel, and they both were his wives.(AC) 44 But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Paltiel[a](AD) son of Laish, who was from Gallim.(AE)
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 25:44 Hebrew Palti, a variant of Paltiel
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