Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.


Most similar verses

Location Verse
1 Samuel 2 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
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.
2 Samuel 22 26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
2 Chronicles 1 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
Job 5 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 11 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Job 11 12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job 13 5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Job 13 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
Job 15 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 15 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 15 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job 27 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job 27 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Job 28 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 29 21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Job 32 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 33 3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
Job 33 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
Job 33 23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
Job 33 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
Job 34 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Job 34 16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Job 34 29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
Job 36 4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Job 37 24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Job 38 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Job 42 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Psalms 1 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms 2 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psalms 10 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Psalms 17 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Psalms 25 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalms 28 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 32 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms 34 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms 37 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 37 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Psalms 38 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Psalms 38 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms 39 1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Psalms 39 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Psalms 39 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 40 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Psalms 49 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Psalms 49 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 49 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 51 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.