But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezeki
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Arama
For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue
Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet,
Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.