Job 15:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Should a wise man utter empty knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 6:26 : 26 Do you imagine to reprove words and the speeches of one who is desperate, which are as wind?
  • Job 8:2 : 2 How long will you speak these things, and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
  • Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim feeds on the wind, and pursues the east wind; he daily increases lies and desolation, and they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is wise and endowed with knowledge among you? Let him show by good conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom.
  • Job 11:2-3 : 2 Should not the abundance of words be answered? And should a talkative man be justified? 3 Should your lies silence men? And when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
  • Job 13:2 : 2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

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