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 so that I may speak, and let come on me what may.

Should your lies make men silent? And will you mock and no one make you ashamed?

Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you should answer?

Until when will you set a snare for words? Understand, and afterwards we will speak.

How long will you torment my soul and break me in pieces with words?

Listen carefully to my speech, and let this be your comfort.

And these three men ceased from answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Even a fool, when he is silent, is counted wise, and he who shuts his lips is counted as a man of understanding.

For a dream comes through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice by the multitude of words.

So the understanding ones shall keep silent in that time; for it is an evil time.

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

Shall I wait because you do not speak, because they stand still, answering no more?

If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the sound of my words.

Even a fool, when he is silent, is counted wise, and he who shuts his lips is counted as a man of understanding.