21 But they [a]held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 36:21 were silent

Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest you also be like him.

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(A)“Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

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13 Therefore (A)the prudent keep silent at that time,
For it is an evil time.

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“He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself,
And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
(A)Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;
(B)Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

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Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness

To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

39 I said, “I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my (A)tongue;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me.”

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13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.
14 Thus I am like a man who does not hear,
And in whose mouth is no response.

15 For [a]in You, O Lord, (A)I hope;
You will [b]hear, O Lord my God.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 38:15 I wait for You, O Lord
  2. Psalm 38:15 answer

37 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah (A)with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

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26 (A)Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in (B)Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in [a]Hebrew in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:26 Lit. Judean

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