Job 16:3

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

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  • Job 6:26 : 26 Do you intend to rebuke my words and treat the words of a despairing man as mere wind?
  • Job 15:2 : 2 Should a wise man answer with empty words, and fill his belly with the hot east wind?
  • Job 20:3 : 3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding prompts me to reply.
  • Job 32:3-6 : 3 Elihu was also angry with Job's three friends because they had found no answer and yet they had condemned Job. 4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he was. 5 When Elihu saw that there was no response in the mouths of the three men, his anger was aroused. 6 So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said, "I am young in years, and you are old; therefore, I held back and was afraid to tell you what I think.
  • Matt 22:46 : 46 No one could answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 They must be silenced because they are upsetting whole households by teaching things they should not for the sake of dishonest gain.
  • Titus 2:8 : 8 Let your speech be sound and beyond reproach, so that any opponent may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
  • Job 8:2 : 2 How long will you continue to speak such things? Your words are like a mighty wind.

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

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  • Job 15:12-13
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    12 Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash?

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

  • Job 6:25-26
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    25 How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?

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

  • Job 18:1-2
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    1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

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

  • Job 16:1-2
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    1 Then Job replied and said:

    2 I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are all of you.

  • Job 16:4-6
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    4 I could also speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

    5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the comfort of my lips would bring you relief.

    6 If I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, what do I lose?

  • Job 15:2-3
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    2 Should a wise man answer with empty words, and fill his belly with the hot east wind?

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

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

  • 34 So how can you comfort me with empty words, since your answers remain falsehoods?

  • Job 26:3-4
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    3 How have you advised without wisdom and provided abundant insight?

    4 To whom have you uttered words, and whose breath has come from you?

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

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

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

  • 13 Your words against me have been harsh, says the Lord. But you ask, 'What have we spoken against you?

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

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

    3 Prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

  • 12 Look, all of you have seen this yourselves; why then do you speak nonsense?

  • 3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding prompts me to reply.

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

  • 5 If you can, answer me; prepare yourself before me and take your stand.

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    2 Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let the one who argues with God answer.

    3 Then Job answered the LORD and said:

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  • 19 Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

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

  • 20 Let me speak so that I may find relief; let me open my lips and answer.

  • 1 Then Job answered and said:

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

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  • 22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You respond to me.

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

  • 3 Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

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    35 Job speaks without knowledge, and his words lack insight.

    36 I wish that Job might be tested to the end for answering like wicked men.

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    8 Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

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