The King James Version Bible

Job 13:5

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

Cross References

  1. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
  2. Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
  3. Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
  4. Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
  5. How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
  6. How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
  7. Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
  8. So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
  9. For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
  10. Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
  11. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: