Job 34:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 12:11 : 11 Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?
  • 1 Cor 2:15 : 15 But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.
  • 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.
  • Job 31:30 : 30 (For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)
  • Job 33:2 : 2 See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.
  • 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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  • Job 12:11-12
    2 verses
    89%

    11Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?

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

  • Job 34:2
    76%

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

  • Job 34:16
    75%

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

  • Prov 18:15
    74%

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

  • Job 6:30
    73%

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

  • Prov 22:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

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

    18For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

  • Prov 15:31
    73%

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

  • Prov 16:23
    73%

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

  • Job 34:4
    73%

    4Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.

  • Job 34:34
    72%

    34Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

  • Job 13:17
    72%

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

  • Ps 37:30
    72%

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

  • Prov 8:6
    72%

    6Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

  • Prov 15:14
    72%

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

  • Job 33:3
    71%

    3My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.

  • Ps 119:103
    71%

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

  • Prov 15:2
    71%

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

  • Prov 2:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

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

    3Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

  • Prov 23:12
    71%

    12Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Job 6:25
    71%

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

  • Isa 32:3
    71%

    3And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.

  • Ps 49:3
    70%

    3From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.

  • Job 13:1
    70%

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

  • Prov 17:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

    4A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

  • Prov 23:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

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

    9Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

  • Job 29:11
    70%

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

  • Prov 25:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.

    12Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

  • Prov 16:21
    70%

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

  • Prov 8:9
    70%

    9They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

  • Prov 1:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

    3To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:

  • Prov 1:5
    70%

    5(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

  • Prov 13:2
    70%

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

  • Job 33:1
    70%

    1And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.

  • Prov 5:2
    70%

    2So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

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

    32The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

  • Prov 2:6
    70%

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

  • Prov 18:4
    69%

    4The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters: the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

  • Prov 24:13
    69%

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

  • Job 13:6
    69%

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

  • Job 33:8
    69%

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

  • Job 37:2
    69%

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