Verse 12

Look, all of you have seen this yourselves; why then do you speak nonsense?

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  • Job 6:25-29 : 25 How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove? 26 Do you intend to rebuke my words and treat the words of a despairing man as mere wind? 27 You would even cast lots over the fatherless and barter away your friend. 28 But now, please look at me; would I lie to your face? 29 Relent, let there be no injustice; yes, relent, my righteousness still stands.
  • Job 13:4-9 : 4 Yet you, however, are smearers of falsehood; all of you are worthless physicians. 5 If only you would keep silent, it would be wisdom for you. 6 Listen now to my argument and pay attention to the contentions of my lips. 7 Will you speak unjustly on God's behalf and speak deceitfully for Him? 8 Will you show Him partiality or argue the case for God? 9 Would it be well when He examines you? Could you deceive Him as you deceive a mortal?
  • Job 16:3 : 3 Will your words of wind never end? Or what provokes you to answer?
  • Job 17:2 : 2 Surely mockers are with me, and my eye must dwell on their provocations.
  • Job 19:2-3 : 2 How long will you torment my soul and crush me with words? 3 You have insulted me ten times now; you are not even ashamed that you mistreat me.
  • Job 21:3 : 3 Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, you may mock.
  • Job 21:28-30 : 28 For you say, 'Where is the house of the noble? Where is the tent of the dwellings of the wicked? 29 Have you not asked those who travel the road, and did you not recognize their testimonies? 30 That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?
  • Job 26:2-4 : 2 How have you helped the powerless and saved the arm without strength? 3 How have you advised without wisdom and provided abundant insight? 4 To whom have you uttered words, and whose breath has come from you?
  • Eccl 8:14 : 14 There is a futility that takes place on the earth: righteous people receive what the wicked deserve, and wicked people receive what the righteous deserve. I said, 'This too is vanity.'
  • Eccl 9:1-3 : 1 So I reflected on all this and set my heart to examine it: that the righteous, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether love or hatred awaits them; everything lies before them. 2 Everything happens alike to everyone: the same fate comes to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the pure and the impure, to those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As with the good person, so with the sinner; as with those who swear oaths, so with those who avoid them. 3 This is the distressing thing about everything that happens under the sun: the same fate befalls all. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil, and madness resides in their hearts during their lives; and after that, they join the dead.