But the people were silent and did not answer him a word, for the command of the sovereign was, “Do not answer him.”
‘Who among all the mighty ones of the lands have delivered their land out of my hand, that יהוה should deliver Yerushalayim from my hand?’ ”
And Elyaqim son of Ḥ
I have said,“Let me guard my ways Against sinning with my tongue; Let me guard my mouth with a muzzle, While the wrongdoer is before me.”
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also become like him.
He who reproves a scoffer gets shame for himself, And he who rebukes a wrong one gets himself a blemish.
a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;
Therefore the wise keep silent at that time, for it is an evil time.
“Do not give what is set-apart to the dogs, nor throw your pearls before the pigs, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.