Job 13:5

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

Hold your peace, 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 mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

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 holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.

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

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

Ye know this , my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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

If now thou hast understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.