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Psalm 38:14

Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.

12They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
13But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.
14Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15For I hope in you, LORD. You will answer, Lord my God.
16For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
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A mouth with no reproofs can be hard to picture when others are plotting harm, yet this is the silence described before hope turns toward God.

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Where else Scripture says this

4 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Amos 5:13Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.Both passages describe silence amid evil, with Amos naming prudence and the psalm describing a mouth without reproofs.
John 8:6They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.The psalm describes silence amid malicious speech; John shows Jesus writing on the ground while others seek grounds to accuse him.
Mark 15:3–5The chief priests accused him of many things.Both settings involve hostile speech directed at someone, though the supplied line from Mark describes accusations without recording Jesus’ response.
Micah 7:5Both passages concern guarded speech among untrustworthy people: the psalm describes no reproofs, while Micah warns about the words of the mouth.
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Encouragement

The speaker has no reproofs for those seeking his hurt, yet he still speaks to God. His hope rests in YHWH’s answer amid threats that remain real.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).