Job 16:5

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

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  • Job 4:3-4 : 3 Look, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened weak hands. 4 Your words have raised up those who stagger, and you have strengthened knees that were about to give way.
  • 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 29:25 : 25 I chose their way and sat as their chief; I lived as a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.
  • Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 Oil and perfume bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend comes from heartfelt counsel.
  • Prov 27:17 : 17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
  • Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees. 4 Say to those with fearful hearts, 'Be strong; do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with divine retribution. He will come and save you.'
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if someone is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual should restore such a person with a gentle spirit. Watch yourself, so that you too might not be tempted.

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    86%

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

    7Surely now, God has worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.

    8You have bound me up as a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.

  • Job 16:1-4
    4 verses
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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?

    4I 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.

  • Jer 8:18
    75%

    18My grief is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

  • Job 6:10
    74%

    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 23:4-6
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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.

    6Would he contend with me in his great power? No, he would instead give me strength.

  • Job 21:2
    72%

    2Listen carefully to my words, and let this be your consolation.

  • Job 32:20
    72%

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

  • Job 11:5
    72%

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

  • Job 7:11
    71%

    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 19:2
    71%

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

  • Job 9:27
    71%

    27If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and smile,'

  • Job 13:19
    70%

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

  • Ps 119:28
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    28My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.

  • Job 10:20
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    20Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

  • Ps 39:2
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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.'

  • Job 15:11
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    11Are the consolations of God too trivial for you, or a word spoken gently with you?

  • Job 13:5-6
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    5If only you would keep silent, it would be wisdom for you.

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

  • Isa 38:15
    69%

    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.

  • Lam 1:16
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    16"Because of these things I weep; my eyes, my eyes flow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed."

  • 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 7:13
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    13When I think my bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,

  • Prov 23:16
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    16Yes, my inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right.

  • 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 21:4-5
    2 verses
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    4Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

    5Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth.

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

  • Ps 119:50
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    50This is my comfort in my affliction: that Your word has given me life.

  • Job 36:16
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    16Indeed, He has enticed you out of the jaws of distress into a broad and unconfined place; your table is filled with abundance.

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    15If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed Your children.

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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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    2Even today my complaint is bitter; my suffering is heavier than my groaning.

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    68%

    16My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death.

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    2Look, I have opened my mouth; my tongue has spoken in my mouth.

    3My words come from an upright heart, and my lips speak with clarity.

  • Jer 31:25
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    25For I have satisfied the weary soul and replenished every languishing soul.

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

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    13Be silent and let me speak. Whatever happens to me, let it come!

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

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

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    14I behaved as if they were my friend or brother; I mourned as one mourning for a mother, bowed down in sorrow.

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