'Words' in the Bible

Your words have steadied the one who was stumblingand braced the knees that were buckling.

He saves the needy from their sharp wordsand from the clutches of the powerful.

For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas!That is why my words are rash.

It would still bring me comfort,and I would leap for joy in unrelenting painthat I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

How painful honest words can be!But what does your rebuke prove?

Do you think that you can disprove my wordsor that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?

How long will you go on saying these things?Your words are a blast of wind.

Should this stream of words go unansweredand such a talker be acquitted?

Doesn’t the ear test wordsas the palate tastes food?

Pay close attention to my words;let my declaration ring in your ears.

Should he argue with useless talkor with words that serve no good purpose?

Are God’s consolations not enough for you,even the words that deal gently with you?

as you turn your anger against Godand allow such words to leave your mouth?

Is there no end to your empty words?What provokes you that you continue testifying?

If you were in my place I could also talk like you.I could string words together against youand shake my head at you.

How long will you torment meand crush me with words?

I wish that my words were written down,that they were recorded on a scroll

Pay close attention to my words;let this be the consolation you offer.

I have not departed from the commands of His lips;I have treasured the words of His mouthmore than my daily food.

Who did you speak these words to?Whose breath came out of your mouth?

then let thorns grow instead of wheatand stinkweed instead of barley.The words of Job are concluded.

Look, I waited for your conclusions;I listened to your insightsas you sought for words.

Job’s friends are dismayed and can no longer answer;words have left them.

For I am full of words,and my spirit compels me to speak.

But now, Job, pay attention to my speech,and listen to all my words.

I am going to open my mouth;my tongue will form words on my palate.

My words come from my upright heart,and my lips speak with sincerity what they know.

Surely you have spoken in my hearing,and I have heard these very words:

Hear my words, you wise men,and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.

Doesn’t the ear test wordsas the palate tastes food?

“Job speaks without knowledge;his words are without insight.”

For he adds rebellion to his sin;he scornfully claps in our presence,while multiplying his words against God.

Job opens his mouth in vainand multiplies words without knowledge.

Who is this who obscures My counselwith ignorant words?

Therefore I take back my wordsand repent in dust and ashes.