But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.


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2 Kings 18 36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
1 Kings 12 13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
2 Chronicles 10 13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
Jeremiah 36 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
Jeremiah 38 27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
2 Chronicles 8 15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
Luke 20 26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
2 Samuel 18 30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
Psalms 83 1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
Psalms 2 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Judges 2 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
Jeremiah 7 27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
Acts 15 13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
Nehemiah 9 34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
Luke 19 40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Jeremiah 44 5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
2 Samuel 14 10 And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
Mark 6 26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
2 Kings 10 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
Jeremiah 17 23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
Judges 11 28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
Job 29 21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
2 Chronicles 34 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
2 Kings 23 3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
Psalms 106 25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
Jeremiah 11 8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do: but they did them not.
Luke 8 31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
2 Chronicles 34 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
2 Chronicles 10 15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
Daniel 3 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
2 Samuel 15 3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
1 Kings 20 9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
2 Samuel 15 35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
Daniel 9 6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
2 Kings 18 12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
1 Kings 12 15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
Proverbs 16 10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
Genesis 41 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
Jeremiah 38 25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:
Ecclesiastes 8 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Joshua 9 19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
Psalms 72 1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Esther 3 3 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
2 Samuel 19 19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
1 Samuel 8 19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
Exodus 20 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Nehemiah 9 17 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
2 Samuel 13 25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
2 Chronicles 33 10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
Proverbs 25 6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: