Job 13:5

New International Version

If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

Cross References

Job 11:3

Will your idle talk reduce others to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock?

Job 13:13

“Keep silent and let me speak; then let come to me what may.

Job 13:6

Hear now my argument; listen to the pleas of my lips.

Job 16:3

Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing?

Job 18:2

“When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.

Job 19:2

“How long will you torment me and crush me with words?

Job 21:5

Look at me and be appalled; clap your hand over your mouth.

Job 32:1

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Job 32:16

Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand there with no reply?

Proverbs 17:28

Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

A dream comes when there are many cares, and many words mark the speech of a fool.

Amos 5:13

Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times, for the times are evil.

James 1:19

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,