Verse 25

How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?

Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:4 : 4 He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.
  • Job 13:5 : 5 If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!
  • Job 16:3-5 : 3 May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them? 4 It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you: 5 I might give you strength with my mouth, and not keep back the comfort of my lips.
  • Job 21:34 : 34 Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?
  • Job 24:25 : 25 And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?
  • Job 32:3 : 3 And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
  • Prov 16:21-24 : 21 The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased. 22 Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour. 23 The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips. 24 Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
  • Prov 25:11 : 11 A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.
  • Eccl 12:10-11 : 10 The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true. 11 The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.