Job 13:5

English Standard Version 2016

Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!

Cross References

Proverbs 17:28

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

Job 13:13

“Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may.

James 1:19

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words.

Amos 5:13

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

Job 32:1

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Job 19:2

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

Job 18:2

“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.

Job 16:3

Shall windy words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

Job 11:3

Should your babble silence men, and when you mock, shall no one shame you?

Job 13:6

Hear now my argument and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

Job 21:5

Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth.

Job 32:16

And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more?