2 Kings 18:36

A Conservative Version

But the people were silent, and did not answer him a word, for the king's commandment was, saying, Do not answer him.

Cross References

Matthew 7:6

Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them by their feet, and having turn back may lacerate you.

Amos 5:13

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

Proverbs 26:4

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like to him.

Proverbs 9:7

He who corrects a scoffer gets himself reviling. And he who reproves a wicked man [gets] himself a bruise.

Psalm 39:1

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked man is before me.

2 Kings 18:35

Who are they among all the gods of the countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

2 Kings 18:37

Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

a time to tear, and a time to sew, a time to keep silence, and a time to speak,