Isaiah 36:21
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 36 connects to 10 cross-references. The Assyrian field commander Rabshakeh stands at Jerusalem's wall, calling in a loud voice to undermine the people's confidence. He mocks their trust in Egypt as a broken reed and challenges their trust in God, asking what god has delivered …
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But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, `Do not answer him.'
But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.
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Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son …
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab–shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants …
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my …
For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them …