Job 13:5
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5 If you would only keep silent,
that would be your wisdom!(A)
Proverbs 17:28
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28 Even fools who keep silent are considered wise;
when they close their lips, they are deemed intelligent.(A)
James 1:19
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Hearing and Doing the Word
19 You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,(A)
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Ecclesiastes 5:3
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3 For dreams come with many cares, and a fool’s voice with many words.
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Job 13:13
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13 “Let me have silence, and I will speak,
and let come on me what may.
Amos 5:13
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13 Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time,
for it is an evil time.
Job 32:1
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Elihu Rebukes Job’s Friends
32 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.(A)
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Job 21:2-3
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2 “Listen carefully to my words,
and let this be your consolation.
3 Bear with me, and I will speak;
then after I have spoken, mock on.(A)
Job 19:2
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2 “How long will you torment me
and break me in pieces with words?
Job 18:2
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2 “How long will you hunt for words?
Consider, and then we shall speak.
Job 16:3
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3 Have windy words no limit?
Or what provokes you that you keep on talking?(A)
Job 11:3
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3 Should your babble put others to silence,
and when you mock, shall no one shame you?(A)
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