Job 6:25

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:4 : 4 Your words have raised up those who stagger, and you have strengthened knees that were about to give way.
  • Job 13:5 : 5 If only you would keep silent, it would be wisdom for you.
  • Job 16:3-5 : 3 Will your words of wind never end? Or what provokes you to answer? 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.
  • Job 21:34 : 34 So how can you comfort me with empty words, since your answers remain falsehoods?
  • Job 24:25 : 25 If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and make my words nothing?
  • Job 32:3 : 3 Elihu was also angry with Job's three friends because they had found no answer and yet they had condemned Job.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is one whose rash words are like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Prov 16:21-24 : 21 The wise in heart will be called discerning, and pleasant speech increases learning. 22 Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly. 23 The heart of the wise makes his mouth prudent, and his lips promote learning. 24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
  • Prov 25:11 : 11 Like golden apples in silver settings is a word spoken at the right time.
  • Eccl 12:10-11 : 10 The Teacher sought to find delightful sayings and to write words of truth accurately. 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and their collected sayings are like firmly embedded nails—given by one Shepherd.

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

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

  • Job 6:24
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    24Teach me, and I will be silent; help me understand where I have gone astray.

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

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  • Prov 8:6
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    6Listen, for I speak noble things, and what comes from my lips is right.

  • Prov 15:1-2
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    1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

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

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

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

  • Prov 1:23
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    23If you turn at my correction, behold, I will pour out my Spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.

  • Job 15:3
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    3Should he argue in a way that is useless and speak words that bring no benefit?

  • Prov 25:11-12
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    11Like golden apples in silver settings is a word spoken at the right time.

    12Like a gold ring or an ornament of fine gold is a wise rebuker to a listening ear.

  • Job 34:3
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    3For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.

  • Isa 29:21
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    21Those who cause humanity to sin with a word, who set traps for the one who rebukes in the gate, and who twist justice by making the righteous nothing, will be judged.

  • Job 22:4
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    4Is it because of your reverence that He rebukes you and brings you into judgment?

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

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    23For the commandment is a lamp, the teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life.

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    17The one who heeds discipline is on the path of life, but the one who rejects correction leads others astray.

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    10The Teacher sought to find delightful sayings and to write words of truth accurately.

  • Matt 12:37
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    37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.

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

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

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    6Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your lips testify against you.

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    10A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

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

  • Prov 30:6
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    6Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.

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

  • Prov 5:12
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  • Prov 1:25
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    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut off.

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

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

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    6A fool's lips lead to strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

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    1A man who is often corrected but stubbornly stiffens his neck will be suddenly broken beyond healing.

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

  • Prov 24:25
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    25But it will go well with those who rebuke, and a blessing of goodness will come upon them.

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

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

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