Isaiah 36:21

A Conservative Version

But they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:4

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

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.

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 18:37

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.

2 Kings 18:26

Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language, for we understand it. And do not speak with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people