Job 11:2

Zophar's First Response To Job

¹ Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, ² “Shall a multitude of words go unanswered,
And a talkative man be acquitted?
³ “Shall your boasts silence men?
And shall you scoff and none rebuke?

Job

Job 18:2

“How long will you hunt for words?
Show understanding and then we can talk.

Proverbs 10:19

When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable,
But he who restrains his lips is wise.

Job 8:2

“How long will you say these things,
And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

Job 16:3

“Is there no limit to windy words?
Or what plagues you that you answer?

Psalm 140:11

“May a slanderer not be established in the earth;
May evil hunt the violent man speedily.”

Acts 17:18

And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would this idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

James 1:19

This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;