Job 15:13 Cross References - EJ2000

¹³ that thou dost reply unto God with thy spirit and bring forth such words out of thy mouth?

⁴ He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has hardened himself against him and remained in peace?

³ Is it good unto thee that thou should oppress, that thou should reject the work of thine hands and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

⁶ ¶ The tents of robbers are at ease, and those that provoke God and those who carry gods in their hands live secure.

²⁵ Because he extended his hand against God and strengthens himself against the Almighty, ²⁶ he shall run him through in the neck, upon the thick shoulder pieces of his shields; ²⁷ for he covered his face with his fatness and made collops of fat on his flanks;

¹³ Mem Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

¹³ ¶ Your words have prevailed against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?

⁷ because the prudence of the flesh is enmity against God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, neither indeed can it. ⁸ So then, those that are carnal cannot please God.

²⁶ If anyone among you thinks to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is vain.

² For we all offend in many things. If any man offends not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to govern the whole body with restraint. ³ Behold, we put bits (or restraint) in the horses’ mouths to persuade them, and we govern their whole body. ⁴ Behold also the ships, which though they are so great are driven of fierce winds, yet they are governed with a very small rudder, wherever the governor desires. ⁵ In the same manner, the tongue is a very small member and boasts of great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles! ⁶ And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our nature; and it is set on fire of hell.