Psa 38:12-14, 39:1, Pro 26:17, Ecc 3:7, Amo 5:10, 13, Mat 10:16, 15:23 | ESV | STEP | Those who seek my life lay their snares ; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.

Psalms 38:12-14

12 Those who seek my life ^alay their snares;
those who seek my hurt ^bspeak of ruin
and meditate ^ctreachery all day long.
13 But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
like ^da mute man who does not open his mouth.
14 I have become like a man who does not hear,
and in whose mouth are no ^erebukes.

Psalms 39:1

What Is the Measure of My Days?

To the choirmaster: to ^fJeduthun. A Psalm of David.

1 I said, “I will ^gguard my ways,
that I ^hmay not sin with my tongue;
I will ⁱguard my mouth with a muzzle,
so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Proverbs 26:17

17 Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own
is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

7 a time to ^jtear, and a time to sew;
a time to ^kkeep silence, and a time to speak;

Amos 5:10

10 ^lThey hate him who reproves ^min the gate,
and they ⁿabhor him who speaks the truth.

Amos 5:13

13 Therefore he who is prudent will ^okeep silent in such a time,
^pfor it is an evil time.

Matthew 10:16

Persecution Will Come

16 ^q“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be ^rwise as serpents and ^sinnocent as doves.

Matthew 15:23

23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, ^t“Send her away, for she is crying out after us.”