Verse 30

Is there any falsehood on my lips? Can my mouth not discern evil things?

Referenced Verses

  • Job 12:11 : 11 Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food?
  • Job 33:8-9 : 8 Elihu Rejects Job’s Plea of Innocence“Indeed, you have said in my hearing(I heard the sound of the words!): 9 ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity. 10 Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy! 11 He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’ 12 Now in this, you are not right– I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.
  • Job 34:3 : 3 For the ear assesses words as the mouth tastes food.
  • Job 42:3-6 : 3 you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know. 4 You said,‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’ 5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you. 6 Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.
  • Job 6:6 : 6 Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?