Job 6:25

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:4 : 4 The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.
  • Job 13:5 : 5 O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
  • Job 16:3-5 : 3 Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest? 4 I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul's stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head. 5 I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing.
  • Job 21:34 : 34 And how do ye comfort me `with' vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?
  • Job 24:25 : 25 And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?
  • Job 32:3 : 3 and against his three friends hath his anger burned, because that they have not found an answer, and condemn Job.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
  • Prov 16:21-24 : 21 To the wise in heart is called, `Intelligent,' And sweetness of lips increaseth learning. 22 A fountain of life `is' understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly. 23 The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning, 24 Sayings of pleasantness `are' a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life `are' in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
  • Prov 25:11 : 11 Apples of gold in imagery of silver, `Is' the word spoken at its fit times.
  • Eccl 12:10-11 : 10 The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written `by' the upright, words of truth. 11 Words of the wise `are' as goads, and as fences planted `by' the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd.

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    26For reproof -- do you reckon words? And for wind -- sayings of the desperate.

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    3Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?

  • Job 6:24
    73%

    24Shew me, and I -- I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.

  • Job 15:13
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    13For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:

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    6Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,

  • Prov 8:6
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    6Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips `is' uprightness.

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    1A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

    2The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

  • Job 26:3-4
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    3What -- thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.

    4With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?

  • Prov 1:23
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    23Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.

  • Job 15:3
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    3To reason with a word not useful? And speeches -- no profit in them?

  • Prov 25:11-12
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    11Apples of gold in imagery of silver, `Is' the word spoken at its fit times.

    12A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, `Is' the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

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    3For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.

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    21Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

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    4Because of thy reverence Doth He reason `with' thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:

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    2Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?

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    23For a lamp `is' the command, And the law a light, And a way of life `are' reproofs of instruction,

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    17A traveller to life `is' he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

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    10The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written `by' the upright, words of truth.

  • Matt 12:37
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    37for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

  • Job 34:16
    70%

    16And if `there is' understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 23:16
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    16And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.

  • Job 15:6
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    6Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

  • Prov 17:10
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    10Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

  • Ps 37:30
    70%

    30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.

  • Prov 30:6
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    6Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

  • Job 6:30
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    30Is there in my tongue perverseness? Discerneth not my palate desirable things?

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    12And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

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    25A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.

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    25And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired.

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    31The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

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    5A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

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    10Do they not shew thee -- speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?

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    31An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise.

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    69%

    5I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing.

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    23The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

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    2Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

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    69%

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    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

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    4Deep waters `are' the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom `is' a flowing brook.

  • Prov 29:1
    69%

    1A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

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    2Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind -- sayings of thy mouth?

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    25And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.

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    8Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

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    11Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself?

  • Job 19:5
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    5If, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach;

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    19In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.