Ecclesiastes 3:7
a time to tear, 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 a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
- Micah 7:5 Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
- Esther 4:13–14 Then Mordecai asked them to return this answer to Esther: “Don’t think to yourself that you will escape in the king’s house any more than all the Jews. For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”