Job 15:2

World English Bible (2000)

"Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 6:26 : 26 Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
  • Job 8:2 : 2 "How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
  • Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
  • Job 11:2-3 : 2 "Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified? 3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
  • Job 13:2 : 2 What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.

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    3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?

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    1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

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    16Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge."

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    3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

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    2"Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

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

  • Job 38:2
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    2"Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

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    2"How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

  • Job 34:34-35
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    34Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:

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  • Prov 15:2
    69%

    2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

  • Job 34:1-2
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    1Moreover Elihu answered,

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  • Job 22:1-2
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    1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

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  • Job 27:21
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    21The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.

  • Job 11:11-12
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    11For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn't consider it.

    12An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.

  • Job 15:13
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    13That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

  • Job 38:24
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    24By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

  • Job 26:3
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    3How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

  • Isa 27:8
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    8In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

  • Job 37:20-21
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    20Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

    21Now men don't see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.

  • Job 4:1-2
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    1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

    2"If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • 1 Cor 3:20
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    20And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."

  • Job 32:13
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    13Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;'

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

  • Prov 14:7
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    7Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his lips.

  • Job 37:17
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    17You whose clothing is warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

  • Job 15:8-9
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    8Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know, that we don't know? What do you understand, which is not in us?

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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

  • Eccl 2:21
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    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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    15Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.

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    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

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    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

  • Prov 17:27
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    27He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

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    31Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness shall be his reward.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

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    16Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

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    3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?

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    2"Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."