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Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

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Job 13:5
Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

Amos 5:13
Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Job 2:13
So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

Psalms 39:1
I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

Psalms 39:2
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

Proverbs 11:12
One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

Lamentations 3:28
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

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Proverbs 17:27
He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

James 1:19
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Proverbs 21:23
Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

Ecclesiastes 5:3
For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

Ecclesiastes 10:3
Yes also when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

Proverbs 1:7
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 13:3
He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 18:13
He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

Proverbs 29:11
A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

James 3:2
For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

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Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

Proverbs 18:19
A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

Proverbs 29:8
Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.

Hebrews 12:14
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

Hebrews 12:15
looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and many be defiled by it,

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