Job 20:3

American Standard Version (1901)

I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 19:3 : 3 These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
  • Job 19:29 : 29 Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.
  • Job 20:2 : 2 Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.
  • Job 27:11 : 11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
  • Job 33:3 : 3 My words [shall utter] the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
  • Ps 49:3 : 3 My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
  • Ps 78:2-5 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, 3 Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.

  • 20I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.

  • 42So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.

  • 5I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.

  • 4Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

  • 22Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

  • 8Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying] ,

  • 3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

  • 5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;

  • Job 21:3-4
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    3Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.

    4As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

  • Job 40:3-4
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    3Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

    4Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.

  • 17I also will answer my part, I also will show mine opinion.

  • 23Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.

  • 3These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.

  • 11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • 14How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words [to reason] with him?

  • 1I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.

  • 1Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], Mine ear hath heard and understood it.

  • 14Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

  • Job 12:3-4
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    3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

    4I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

  • 34Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me:

  • Job 42:3-5
    3 verses
    71%

    3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

    4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

    5I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

  • Job 13:18-19
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    71%

    18Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.

    19Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.

  • 12And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

  • 1Then Job answered and said,

  • 16If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.

  • 24Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

  • 19Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

  • Job 33:4-5
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    4The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.

    5If thou canst, answer thou me; Set [thy words] in order before me, stand forth.

  • 61Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,

  • 1Then Job answered and said,

  • 6Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

  • 31For hath any said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more] :

  • 1Then Job answered and said,

  • 1Then Job answered and said,

  • 32If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.

  • 35Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

  • 14For he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.

  • 1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

  • 22Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.

  • 3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

  • 10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

  • 10When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.