Job 12:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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    2Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;

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  • Job 12:12
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    12Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

  • Job 6:30
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    30Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

  • Job 34:16
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    16If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Job 12:10
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    10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.

  • Prov 18:15
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    15The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

  • Job 6:5-7
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    5Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?

    6Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?

    7My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.

  • Job 23:12
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    12I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

  • Prov 15:14
    69%

    14The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • Prov 15:31
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    31The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

  • Job 15:13
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    13So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

  • Jas 3:11
    69%

    11Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?

  • Prov 24:13
    69%

    13My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:

  • Job 6:25
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    25How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?

  • Eccl 10:12
    68%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

  • Job 13:1
    68%

    1Truly, my eye has seen all this, word of it has come to my ear, and I have knowledge of it.

  • Prov 13:2
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    2A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.

  • Matt 15:17
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    17Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?

  • Prov 23:8
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    8The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

  • Job 29:11
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    11For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

  • Job 20:12-13
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    12Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;

    13Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;

  • Job 8:10
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    10Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?

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    103How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

  • Prov 22:17
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    17Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14From 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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    8Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

  • Prov 20:12
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    12The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.

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    1Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding?

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    7The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 23:12
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    12Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Job 22:22
    67%

    22Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart.

  • Ps 94:9
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    9Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

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    6For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

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    67%

    2Give ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth.

  • Prov 16:21
    67%

    21The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

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    6Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

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    12But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

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    67%

    17Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

  • Prov 18:21
    67%

    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.

  • Prov 2:2
    67%

    2So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

  • Prov 16:10
    67%

    10Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.

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    31The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.