Isaiah 36:21
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21 But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.”
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Proverbs 26:4
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4 Do not answer fools according to their folly,
lest you be a fool yourself.(A)
Matthew 7:6
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Profaning the Holy
6 “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you.(A)
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Amos 5:13
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13 Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time,
for it is an evil time.
Proverbs 9:7-8
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General Maxims
7 Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse;
whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.(A)
8 Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;
rebuke the wise, and he will love you.(B)
Psalm 39:1
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Psalm 39
Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness
To the leader: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1 I said, “I will guard my ways
that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will keep a muzzle on my mouth
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”(A)
Psalm 38:13-15
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13 But I am like the deaf; I do not hear;
like the mute, who cannot speak.(A)
14 Truly, I am like one who does not hear
and in whose mouth is no retort.
15 But it is for you, O Lord, that I wait;
it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.(B)
2 Kings 18:37
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37 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.(A)
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2 Kings 18:26
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26 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebnah, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in the Aramaic language, for we understand it; do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”(A)
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