Job 4:2

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“If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 32:18-20 : 18 For I am full of words, and the spirit within me constrains me. 19 Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, like new wineskins ready to burst! 20 I will speak, so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”
  • 2 Cor 2:4-6 : 4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you. 5 But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent(not to exaggerate) he has saddened all of you as well. 6 This punishment on such an individual by the majority is enough for him,
  • 2 Cor 7:8-9 : 8 For even if I made you sad by my letter, I do not regret having written it(even though I did regret it, for I see that my letter made you sad, though only for a short time). 9 Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, so that you were not harmed in any way by us. 10 For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.
  • Jer 6:11 : 11 I am as full of anger as you are, LORD, I am tired of trying to hold it in.”The LORD answered,“Vent it, then, on the children who play in the street and on the young men who are gathered together. Husbands and wives are to be included, as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.
  • Jer 20:9 : 9 Sometimes I think,“I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more.” But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.

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    1Eliphaz Begins to Speak Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

  • Job 18:1-2
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    1Bildad’s Second Speech Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

    2“How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.

  • Job 22:1-2
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    1Eliphaz’s Third Speech Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

    2“Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?

  • Job 15:1
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    1Eliphaz’s Second Speech Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

  • Job 37:20
    72%

    20Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he will be swallowed up!

  • Job 42:4
    72%

    4You said,‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’

  • Job 16:3-6
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    3Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?

    4I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.

    5But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

    6Abandonment by God and Man“But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking– how much of it goes away?

  • Job 33:31-33
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    31Pay attention, Job– listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

    32If you have any words, reply to me; speak, for I want to justify you.

    33If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

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    2“Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated?

    3Should people remain silent at your idle talk, and should no one rebuke you when you mock?

  • Job 11:5
    71%

    5But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,

  • Job 15:11-13
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    11Are God’s consolations too trivial for you; or a word spoken in gentleness to you?

    12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

    13when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

  • Job 26:4
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    4To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth?

  • Job 22:4
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    4Is it because of your piety that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you?

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    3Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?

    4But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God.

  • Job 13:19
    70%

    19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

  • Job 21:4
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    4Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

  • Job 33:5
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    5Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!

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    8Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?

  • Job 41:3
    70%

    3Will it make numerous supplications to you, will it speak to you with tender words?

  • Job 13:3
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    3But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

  • Job 13:22
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    22Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.

  • Job 35:4
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    4I will reply to you, and to your friends with you.

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    2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”

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    2“How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

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    14Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.

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    34Men of understanding say to me– any wise man listening to me says–

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    3If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.

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    2“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

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    69%

    15If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.

  • Job 38:2
    69%

    2“Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

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    68%

    6Elihu Claims Wisdom So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up:“I am young, but you are elderly; that is why I was fearful, and afraid to explain to you what I know.

  • Job 34:1
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    1Elihu’s Second Speech Elihu answered:

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    2“Be patient with me a little longer and I will instruct you, for I still have words to speak on God’s behalf.

  • Job 9:14
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    14The Impossibility of Facing God in Court“How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him!

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    5I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

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    7After the LORD had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite,“My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.

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    2“Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you offer me.