Job 16:4

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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.

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  • Ps 22:7 : 7 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
  • Ps 109:25 : 25 I am an object of scorn to them; when they see me, they shake their heads.
  • Lam 2:15 : 15 All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, 'Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?'
  • Jer 18:16 : 16 They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn. All who pass by it are appalled and shake their heads.
  • 2 Kgs 19:21 : 21 This is the word that the Lord has spoken against him: 'The Virgin Daughter Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter Jerusalem tosses her head at you as you flee.'
  • Job 6:2-5 : 2 If only my grief could be weighed and my calamity placed together on the scales! 3 For now, it is heavier than the sands of the seas; that is why my words are impulsive. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison. The terrors of God are arrayed against me. 5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass? Or does an ox low over its fodder?
  • Job 6:14 : 14 To him who is despairing, kindness should come from his friend, or he will forsake the fear of the Almighty.
  • Job 11:2 : 2 Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and should a man full of talk be justified?
  • Job 35:16 : 16 Job opens his mouth with empty words; without knowledge, he multiplies his speech.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but the one who restrains his lips is wise.
  • Eccl 10:14 : 14 A fool multiplies words; no one knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
  • Ps 44:14 : 14 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
  • Zeph 2:15 : 15 This is the jubilant city that dwelled securely and said in her heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.' How she has become a desolation, a resting place for wild animals! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
  • Matt 7:12 : 12 So in everything, do to others what you would want them to do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
  • Matt 27:39-40 : 39 Those who passed by were hurling insults at Him, shaking their heads and saying, 40 'You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!'
  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
  • 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. If one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

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

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

  • Job 16:1-3
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    1Then Job replied and said:

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

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

  • Job 23:4-5
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    4I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words he would answer me with and understand what he would say to me.

  • Job 21:3-4
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    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?

  • Job 13:19
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    19Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

  • Job 33:5
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    5If you can, answer me; prepare yourself before me and take your stand.

  • Job 19:5
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    5If indeed you are exalting yourselves over me and using my disgrace to argue against me,

  • Job 13:3
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    3But I desire to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to reason with God.

  • Job 19:2
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    2How long will you torment my soul and crush me with words?

  • Job 6:10
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    10It would still be my comfort— I would even exult in the midst of unrelenting pain— for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 4:2
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    2If someone attempts to speak with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?

  • Job 11:3-5
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    3Will your empty talk silence others? Will you mock without anyone to rebuke you?

    4For you say, 'My teaching is pure, and I have been clean in your eyes.'

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

  • Ps 73:15
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    15If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed Your children.

  • Job 15:13
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    13That you turn your spirit against God and let words escape from your mouth?

  • Job 13:13-14
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    13Be silent and let me speak. Whatever happens to me, let it come!

    14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands?

  • Job 32:17
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    17I too will give my answer; I will express my opinion as well.

  • Job 9:14
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    14How then can I answer Him? I would choose my words carefully in His presence.

  • Job 6:25-26
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    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?

  • Job 7:11
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    11Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 6:2-3
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    2If only my grief could be weighed and my calamity placed together on the scales!

    3For now, it is heavier than the sands of the seas; that is why my words are impulsive.

  • Job 16:21
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    21Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as one does for his neighbor.

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    1I am disgusted with my life; I will give voice to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.

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

  • Jer 8:18
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    18My grief is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

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

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    12Destruction is in its midst; oppression and deceit do not leave its streets.

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    2I said, 'I will guard my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are in my presence.'

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

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    4Behold, I am insignificant. What can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

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    19If it is a matter of strength, He is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

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    36Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.

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    15What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.

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

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    6He has made me a byword among the peoples, and I have become one at whom they spit.

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    15I have sewn sackcloth over my skin and buried my strength in the dust.

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

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    5If only you would keep silent, it would be wisdom for you.

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    35Then I would speak without fear of Him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

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    4You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.'