Job 12:11

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"Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes its food?"

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 34:3 : 3 For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.
  • 1 Cor 10:15 : 15 I speak to wise people; judge for yourselves what I say.
  • Phil 1:10 : 10 So that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for the mature, those who through practice have trained their senses to discern good from evil.
  • 1 Pet 2:3 : 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
  • Job 6:30 : 30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can my palate not discern disaster?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 34:2-3
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    2Listen to my words, you wise ones; and to those with understanding, give ear to me.

    3For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.

  • Job 12:12
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    12"Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days."

  • Job 6:30
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    30Is there injustice on my tongue? Can my palate not discern disaster?

  • Eccl 6:7
    71%

    7All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

  • Job 34:16
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    16If you have understanding, listen to this; pay attention to the sound of my words.

  • Job 12:10
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    10"In His hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind."

  • Prov 18:15
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    15The heart of the understanding one gains knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23The heart of the wise makes his mouth prudent, and his lips promote learning.

  • Job 6:5-7
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    70%

    5Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass? Or does an ox low over its fodder?

    6Can something tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg?

    7My soul refuses to touch them; they are like loathsome food to me.

  • Job 23:12
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    12I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 15:31
    69%

    31The ear that listens to life-giving correction will dwell among the wise.

  • Job 15:13
    69%

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

  • Jas 3:11
    69%

    11Does a spring pour forth both sweet and bitter water from the same opening?

  • Prov 24:13
    69%

    13Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste.

  • Job 6:25
    68%

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

  • Eccl 10:12
    68%

    12The words of a wise person's mouth bring favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

  • Job 13:1
    68%

    1Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

  • Prov 13:2
    68%

    2From the fruit of their lips, people enjoy good things, but the appetite of the treacherous desires violence.

  • Matt 15:17
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    17Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is expelled into the latrine?

  • Prov 23:8
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    8You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

  • Job 29:11
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    11For when the ear heard me, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw me, it gave testimony about me.

  • Job 20:12-13
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    68%

    12Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

    13though he cherishes it and does not let it go, but keeps it in the midst of his mouth,

  • Job 8:10
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    10Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?

  • Ps 119:103
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    103How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

  • Prov 22:17
    68%

    17Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my knowledge.

  • Prov 15:2
    68%

    2The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.

  • Prov 12:14
    68%

    14From the fruit of their lips, people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.

  • Job 15:8
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    8Have you listened to the secret counsel of God and limited wisdom to yourself?

  • Prov 20:12
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    12The hearing ear and the seeing eye—the Lord has made both of them.

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    1Does not wisdom call out? And does not understanding raise her voice?

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    7A satisfied soul tramples on honey, but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

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

  • Job 22:22
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    22Accept instruction from His mouth and place His words in your heart.

  • Ps 94:9
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    9Does He who formed the ear not hear? Does He who formed the eye not see?

  • Prov 2:6
    67%

    6For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

  • Job 37:2
    67%

    2Listen closely to the rumbling of His voice and the sound that comes from His mouth.

  • Prov 16:21
    67%

    21The wise in heart will be called discerning, and pleasant speech increases learning.

  • Job 13:6
    67%

    6Listen now to my argument and pay attention to the contentions of my lips.

  • Job 28:12
    67%

    12But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding?

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    17Listen carefully to my words and let my declaration enter your ears.

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    67%

    30The mouth of the righteous person utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

  • Prov 18:21
    67%

    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

  • Prov 2:2
    67%

    2making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding,

  • Prov 16:10
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    10A decision is on the lips of a king; his mouth does not betray justice.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut off.