Quotes related to Proverbs 17:28
Love calls you to be silent when you want to speak, and to speak when you would like to be silent.
— Paul David Tripp
When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.
— 2 Kings 9:11
But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
— 2 Kings 18:36
Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
— Job 11:3
He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
— Job 12:20
Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
— Job 13:13
“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
— Job 15:2
Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
— Job 15:3
Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
— Job 21:3
Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?
— Job 27:12
The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
— Job 29:9
The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
— Job 29:10