Ecclesiasticus 5:12
“If thou hast vnderstanding, answer thy neighbour, if not, lay thy hand vpon thy mouth.”
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Ecclesiasticus 5:12 Context
10Be stedfast in thy vnderstanding, and let thy word be the same. 11Be swift to heare, and let thy life be sincere, & with patience giue answere. 12If thou hast vnderstanding, answer thy neighbour, if not, lay thy hand vpon thy mouth. 13Honour and shame is in talke; and the tongue of man is his fall. 14Be not called a whisperer, and lye not in wait with thy tongue: for a foule shame is vpon the thiefe, and an euill condemnation vpon the double tongue.
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If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
- King James Version