Ecclesiastes 3:7
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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Cross references
- Amos 5:13 Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
- Micah 7:5 Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
- Esther 4:13–14 Then Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father’s house will perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?