Job 16:3
“Is there no end to [your futile] words of wind?
Or what plagues you [so much] that you [so boldly] answer [me like this]?
Job 6:26
“Do you intend to reprove my words [with a convincing argument],
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind [and go ignored]?
Job 15:2
“Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard]
And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?
Job 8:2
“How long will you say these things?
And will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
Job 20:3
“I have heard the reproof which insults me,
But the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
Job 32:3-6
Elihu’s anger burned against Job’s three friends because they had found no answer [and were unable to determine Job’s error], and yet they had condemned Job and declared him to be in the wrong [and responsible for his own afflictions].
Matthew 22:46
No one was able to say a word to Him in answer, nor from that day on did anyone dare to question Him again.
Titus 1:11
They must be silenced, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching things they should not teach for the purpose of dishonest financial gain.
Titus 2:8
sound and beyond reproach in instruction, so that the opponent [of the faith] will be shamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
What emboldeneth
Bible References
Vain words
“Do you intend to reprove my words [with a convincing argument],
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind [and go ignored]?
“How long will you say these things?
And will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
“Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard]
And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?
What emboldeneth
“I have heard the reproof which insults me,
But the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.