Job 11:2

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Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and should a man full of talk be justified?

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  • Job 18:2 : 2 How long will you keep putting an end to words? Consider, and then we will speak.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but the one who restrains his lips is wise.
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, 'What is this babbler trying to say?' Others remarked, 'He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,' because he was preaching about Jesus and the resurrection.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 My beloved brothers and sisters, let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.
  • Ps 140:11 : 11 May burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.
  • Job 8:2 : 2 How long will you continue to speak such things? Your words are like a mighty wind.
  • Job 16:3 : 3 Will your words of wind never end? Or what provokes you to answer?

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  • 1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:

  • 3Will your empty talk silence others? Will you mock without anyone to rebuke you?

  • 3Will your words of wind never end? Or what provokes you to answer?

  • Job 20:1-2
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    1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:

    2Therefore, my disquieting thoughts compel me to respond, and because of my agitation within me,

  • Job 15:1-3
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    1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

    2Should a wise man answer with empty words, and fill his belly with the hot east wind?

    3Should he argue in a way that is useless and speak words that bring no benefit?

  • Job 18:1-2
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    74%

    1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

    2How long will you keep putting an end to words? Consider, and then we will speak.

  • Job 8:1-2
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    71%

    1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

    2How long will you continue to speak such things? Your words are like a mighty wind.

  • Job 4:1-2
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    71%

    1Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded and said:

    2If someone attempts to speak with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?

  • Job 40:2-3
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    2Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let the one who argues with God answer.

    3Then Job answered the LORD and said:

  • 20Should it be told to Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?

  • 16Job opens his mouth with empty words; without knowledge, he multiplies his speech.

  • Job 21:3-4
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    70%

    3Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, you may mock.

    4Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

  • 32If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to justify you.

  • 14How then can I answer Him? I would choose my words carefully in His presence.

  • 14But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.

  • 13That you turn your spirit against God and let words escape from your mouth?

  • Job 6:25-26
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    69%

    25How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?

    26Do you intend to rebuke my words and treat the words of a despairing man as mere wind?

  • 19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but the one who restrains his lips is wise.

  • Eccl 5:2-3
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    69%

    2Dreams come from too much activity, and a fool’s voice is known by many words.

    3When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, for He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you promise.

  • Job 22:1-2
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    1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

    2Can a man benefit God? Even a wise man benefits only himself.

  • 3If someone desired to argue with Him, they could not answer Him once in a thousand times.

  • 2Who is this that darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

  • 9Would it be well when He examines you? Could you deceive Him as you deceive a mortal?

  • 1Then Job answered and said:

  • 2Do you think this is justice, when you say, 'My righteousness is greater than God's'?

  • Job 33:12-13
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    68%

    12But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than a man.

    13Why do you contend with Him? For He does not answer all of man's words.

  • 17Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be purer than his Maker?

  • 34Men of understanding declare, and the wise man who hears me says:

  • 3How have you advised without wisdom and provided abundant insight?

  • 5But oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,

  • 7Will you speak unjustly on God's behalf and speak deceitfully for Him?

  • 7I thought, ‘Age should speak; let many years teach wisdom.’

  • Job 19:1-2
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    1Then Job answered and said,

    2How long will you torment my soul and crush me with words?

  • 5Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

  • 1Then Job answered and said:

  • 1Then Job responded and said:

  • 32For He is not a man, like me, that I might answer Him, that we might go to court together.