2 Kings 18:36

New English Translation

The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.”

Cross References

2 Kings 18:35

Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?’”

2 Kings 18:37

Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.

Psalm 39:1

I decided, “I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.”

Proverbs 26:4

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

Proverbs 9:7

Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

A time to rip, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak.

Amos 5:13

For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Matthew 7:6

Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.