Job 29:22
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
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- Deut 32:2 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
- 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].
- Song 4:11 : 11 Thy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon.
- Isa 52:15 : 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for [that] which had not been told them shall they see; and [that] which they had not heard shall they consider.
- Ezek 20:46 : 46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [thy word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
- Amos 7:16 : 16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac.
- Mic 2:6 : 6 ¶ Prophesy ye not, [say they to them that] prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, [that] they shall not take shame.
- Job 32:15-16 : 15 ¶ They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. 16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, [and] answered no more;)
- Job 33:31-33 : 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. 32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
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23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
24[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
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21Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
- Job 32:14-163 verses78%
14Now he hath not directed [his] words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
15¶ They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
16When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, [and] answered no more;)
- Job 29:9-113 verses75%
9The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.
10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
- Deut 32:1-22 verses72%
1¶ Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
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- Ps 38:13-142 verses69%
13But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.
14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.
- Ps 39:2-32 verses69%
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I with my tongue,
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31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
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11Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
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15And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
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21But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
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20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
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27Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
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23¶ Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
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22But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
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16For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.
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17They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there [any] breath in their mouths.
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9And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
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30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
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3[There is] no speech nor language, [where] their voice is not heard.
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33If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
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12To whom he said, This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
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1¶ Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
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3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
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20I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
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28Which the clouds do drop [and] distil upon man abundantly.
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14They came [upon me] as a wide breaking in [of waters]: in the desolation they rolled themselves [upon me].
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17And the LORD said unto me, They have well [spoken that] which they have spoken.
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31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their covetousness.
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19Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending [them]; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
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20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.
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9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].
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9Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But [his word] was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not [stay].
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19And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
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6And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
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3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
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16I called my servant, and he gave [me] no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
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22Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
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27Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
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6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
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36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.