2 Kings 18:36

God's Word

But the people were silent and didn’t say anything to him because the king commanded them not to answer him.

Cross References

Matthew 7:6

“Don’t give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls to pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them and then tear you to pieces.

Amos 5:13

That is why a wise person remains silent at such times, because those times are so evil.

Proverbs 26:4

Do not answer a fool with his own stupidity, or you will be like him.

Proverbs 9:7

Whoever corrects a mocker receives abuse. Whoever warns a wicked person gets hurt.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will watch my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will bridle my mouth while wicked people are in my presence.”

2 Kings 18:35

Did the gods of those countries rescue them from my control? Could the Lord then rescue Jerusalem from my control?”

2 Kings 18:37

Then Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace and was the son of Hilkiah, Shebna the scribe, and Joah, who was the royal historian and the son of Asaph, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn in grief. They told him the message from the field commander.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

a time to tear apart and a time to sew together, a time to keep quiet and a time to speak out,