Job 12:11
Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?
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Referenced Verses
- Job 34:3 : 3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.
- 1 Cor 10:15 : 15 What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.
- Phil 1:10 : 10 So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;
- Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
- 1 Pet 2:3 : 3 If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:
- Job 6:30 : 30 Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?
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2 Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;
3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.
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12 Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.
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30 Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?
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7 All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
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16 If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.
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10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.
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15 The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.
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23 The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.
- Job 6:5-73 verses70%
5 Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?
6 Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?
7 My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.
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12 I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
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14 The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.
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31 The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.
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13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?
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11 Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?
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13 My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:
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25 How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?
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12 The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.
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1 Truly, my eye has seen all this, word of it has come to my ear, and I have knowledge of it.
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2 A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.
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17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
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8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
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11 For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;
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12 Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;
13 Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;
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10 Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?
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103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!
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17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.
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2 Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.
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14 From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.
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8 Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?
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12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.
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1 Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding?
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7 The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.
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12 Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
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22 Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart.
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9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
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6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
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2 Give ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth.
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21 The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.
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6 Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.
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12 But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?
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17 Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.
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30 The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.
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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.
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2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;
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10 Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.
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31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.