Job 5:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 31:20 : 20 You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.
  • Jas 3:5-8 : 5 Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell. 7 For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority; 8 But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
  • Isa 54:17 : 17 No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.
  • Ps 91:5-7 : 5 You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day, 6 Or of the disease which takes men in the dark, or of the destruction which makes waste when the sun is high. 7 You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

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  • Job 5:19-20
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    19 He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.

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    25 Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:

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    20 You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.

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    27 When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

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    14 All your rights will be made certain to you: have no fear of evil, and destruction will not come near you.

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    4 Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.

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    21 A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:

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    23 He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

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    15 Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:

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    5 You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,

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    18 And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

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    10 No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent.

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    13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

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    21 Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

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    4 Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

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    19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.

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    11 And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;

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

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