# Wisdom of Solomon 8:12

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/wisdom/8/12
- Book: [Wisdom of Solomon](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/wisdom)
- Chapter: [Wisdom of Solomon 8](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/wisdom/8)
- Background: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/wisdom#background-and-history
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When I hold my tongue, they shall bide my leisure, and when I speak, they shall give good ear unto me: if I talk much, they shall lay their hands upon their mouth.