¹⁶ And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?

⁵ Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

²⁸ Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is `esteemed as' prudent.

¹³ Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

¹⁹ Ye know `this', my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: