Isaiah 36:21

New Century Version

The people were silent. They didn’t answer the commander at all, because King Hezekiah had ordered, “Don’t answer him.”

Cross References

2 Kings 18:26

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the field commander, “Please speak to us in the Aramaic language. We understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew, because the people on the city wall can hear you.”

2 Kings 18:37

Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah tore their clothes to show how upset they were. (Eliakim son of Hilkiah was the palace manager, Shebna was the royal secretary, and Joah son of Asaph was the recorder.) The three men went to Hezekiah and told him what the field commander had said.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will be careful how I act and will not sin by what I say. I will be careful what I say around wicked people.”

Proverbs 26:4

Don’t answer fools when they speak foolishly, or you will be just like them.

Amos 5:13

In such times the wise person will keep quiet, because it is a bad time.

Matthew 7:6

“Don’t give holy things to dogs, and don’t throw your pearls before pigs. Pigs will only trample on them, and dogs will turn to attack you.