Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
The verse pictures a person who does hear yet deliberately withholds any response, with the mouth kept free of reproofs and countercharges. It teaches refusal to be swayed or unsettled by every report that comes to the ears. Amid troubling circumstances it calls for chosen silence rather than answering back. It likewise rules out offering rebuke when restraint will best guard peace and integrity.
The verse pictures a person who does hear yet deliberately withholds any response, with the mouth kept free of reproofs and countercharges. It teaches refusal to be swayed or unsettled by every report that comes to the ears. Amid troubling circumstances it calls for chosen silence rather than answering back. It likewise rules out offering rebuke when restraint will best guard peace and integrity.