Job 15:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 19:22 : 22 He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;
  • Matt 12:37 : 37 For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.
  • Job 9:20 : 20 Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.
  • Job 33:8-9 : 8 But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears: 9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me: 10 See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters; 11 He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways. 12 Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.
  • Job 34:5-9 : 5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right; 6 Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong. 7 What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God, 8 And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners? 9 For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.
  • Job 35:2-3 : 2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say, 3 What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.
  • Job 42:3 : 3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.
  • Matt 26:65 : 65 Then the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, He has said evil against God: what more need have we of witnesses? for now his words against God have come to your ears:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 5 For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

  • Ps 50:19-21
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    19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.

    20 You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.

    21 These things have you done, and I said nothing; it seemed to you that I was such a one as yourself; but I will make a protest against you, and put them in order before your eyes.

  • 37 For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.

  • 2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

  • Prov 6:2-3
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    2 You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

    3 Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

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

  • 22 Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.

  • Prov 8:6-7
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    6 Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

    7 For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.

  • 3 For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.

  • 7 Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills?

  • 6 Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

  • Job 11:3-5
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    3 Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

    4 You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

    5 But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

  • 20 Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6 A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

    7 The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

  • 17 ...

  • 18 Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart.

  • 3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

  • 16 But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth?

  • 6 Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.

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

  • 28 Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

  • 12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

  • 32 If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.

  • 6 That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,

  • 13 And you have made yourselves great against me with your mouths, increasing your words against me; and it has come to my ears.

  • 3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

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

  • 10 Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.

  • 8 But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

  • 16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

  • 26 For you put bitter things on record against me, and send punishment on me for the sins of my early years;

  • 4 Of whom do you make sport? against whom is your mouth open wide and your tongue put out? are you not uncontrolled children, a false seed,

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

  • 17 The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.

  • 4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

  • 1 So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.

  • 8 It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.

  • 9 Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

  • 5 If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • 16 And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

  • 4 Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

  • 12 I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.

  • 6 There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.