Job 16:3

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 6:26 : 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
  • Job 15:2 : 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
  • Job 20:3 : 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
  • Job 32:3-6 : 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. 4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. 5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled. 6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
  • Matt 22:46 : 46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
  • Titus 2:8 : 8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
  • Job 8:2 : 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

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