Job 6:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

How forcible are right words! But what does your arguing reprove?

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  • Job 4:4 : 4 Your words have upheld him who was falling, and you have strengthened feeble knees.
  • Job 13:5 : 5 Oh that you would altogether hold your peace, and it should be your wisdom.
  • Job 16:3-5 : 3 Will vain words ever end? Or what makes you bold enough to answer? 4 I too could speak as you do; if your soul were in my soul's 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 moving of my lips would ease your grief.
  • Job 21:34 : 34 How then can you comfort me with empty words, seeing in your answers there lies falsehood?
  • Job 24:25 : 25 And if it is not so, now, who will make me a liar and make my speech worth nothing?
  • Job 32:3 : 3 Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Prov 16:21-24 : 21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning. 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly. 23 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips. 24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health 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 A word spoken at the right time is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
  • Eccl 12:10-11 : 10 The preacher sought to find acceptable words, and what was written was upright, even words of truth. 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given by one shepherd.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 6:26
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    26Do you imagine to reprove words and the speeches of one who is desperate, which are as wind?

  • Job 16:3
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    3Will vain words ever end? Or what makes you bold enough to answer?

  • Job 6:24
    73%

    24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

  • Job 15:13
    73%

    13That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

  • Job 13:6
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    6Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

  • Prov 8:6
    72%

    6Hear, for I will speak of excellent things; and from the opening of my lips will come right things.

  • Prov 15:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1A soft answer turns away wrath, but harsh words stir up anger.

    2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

  • Job 26:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3How have you counseled him who has no wisdom? And how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?

    4To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you?

  • Prov 1:23
    71%

    23Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.

  • Job 15:3
    71%

    3Should he argue with unprofitable talk, or with speeches that do no good?

  • Prov 25:11-12
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    71%

    11A word spoken at the right time is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

    12Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise rebuker to an obedient ear.

  • Job 34:3
    71%

    3For the ear tries words as the mouth tastes food.

  • Isa 29:21
    71%

    21That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • Job 22:4
    70%

    4Will He correct you for fear of you? Will He enter into judgment with you?

  • Job 19:2
    70%

    2How long will you vex my soul and break me in pieces with words?

  • Prov 6:23
    70%

    23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

  • Prov 10:17
    70%

    17He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Eccl 12:10
    70%

    10The preacher sought to find acceptable words, and what was written was upright, even words of truth.

  • Matt 12:37
    70%

    37For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.

  • Job 34:16
    70%

    16If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 23:16
    70%

    16Yes, my inmost being shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.

  • Job 15:6
    70%

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

  • Prov 17:10
    70%

    10A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Ps 37:30
    70%

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

  • Prov 30:6
    70%

    6Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

  • Job 6:30
    70%

    30Is there iniquity in my tongue? Cannot my palate discern perverse things?

  • Prov 5:12
    69%

    12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

  • Prov 19:25
    69%

    25Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 1:25
    69%

    25But you have disregarded all my counsel, and would have none of my rebuke;

  • Prov 10:31
    69%

    31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

  • Prov 15:5
    69%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Job 8:10
    69%

    10Will they not teach you, and tell you, and speak words from their heart?

  • Prov 15:31
    69%

    31The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.

  • Job 16:5
    69%

    5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would ease your grief.

  • Prov 16:23
    69%

    23The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

  • Job 40:2
    69%

    2Shall he who contends with the Almighty instruct him? He who reproves God, let him answer it.

  • Job 11:2-3
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    69%

    2Should not the abundance of words be answered? And should a talkative man be justified?

    3Should your lies silence men? And when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

  • Prov 18:6
    69%

    6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.

  • Prov 18:4
    69%

    4The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

  • Prov 29:1
    69%

    1He who is often reproved and hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Job 8:2
    69%

    2How long will you speak these things, and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

  • Prov 24:25
    68%

    25But those who rebuke him shall have delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

  • Job 40:8
    68%

    8Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

  • Job 12:11
    68%

    11Does not the ear test words? and the mouth taste its food?

  • Job 19:5
    68%

    5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me and plead against me my reproach,

  • Prov 10:19
    68%

    19In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.