Proverbs 17:28
"Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding."
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- Job 13:5
"O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 15:2
"The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 10:14
"A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?"
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"For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 10:3
"Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool."
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