Job 13:5

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O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Be quiet. Let me alone that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mock, shall no man make thee ashamed?

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes thee that thou answer?

How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

Hear diligently my speech, And let this be your consolations.

So these three men ceased to answer Job because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is considered wise. When he shuts his lips, he is prudent.

For a dream comes with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

And shall I wait because they do not speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?

If now [thou be] understanding, hear this. Hearken to the voice of words.

Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is considered wise. When he shuts his lips, he is prudent.