Ecclesiastes 3:7
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
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Cross references
- Amos 5:13 Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
- Micah 7:5 Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
- Esther 4:13–14 he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”