Verse 2

Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and should a man full of talk be justified?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 18:2 : 2 How long will you keep putting an end to words? Consider, and then we will speak.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but the one who restrains his lips is wise.
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, 'What is this babbler trying to say?' Others remarked, 'He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,' because he was preaching about Jesus and the resurrection.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 My beloved brothers and sisters, let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.
  • Ps 140:11 : 11 May burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.
  • Job 8:2 : 2 How long will you continue to speak such things? Your words are like a mighty wind.
  • Job 16:3 : 3 Will your words of wind never end? Or what provokes you to answer?