Job 6:25 Cross References - MSB

²⁵ How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?

⁴ Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.

⁵ If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!

³ Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying? ⁴ I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you. ⁵ But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.

³⁴ So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”

²⁵ If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”

³ and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

¹⁸ Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

²¹ The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction. ²² Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly. ²³ The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips. ²⁴ Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

²¹ Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

¹¹ A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

¹⁰ The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth. ¹¹ The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.