Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
The multitude
General references
Bible References
The multitude
Job 16:3 “Is there no limit to windy words?
Or what plagues you that you answer?
Or what plagues you that you answer?
Job 18:2 “How long will you hunt for words?
Show understanding and then we can talk.
Show understanding and then we can talk.
Psalm 140:11 “May a slanderer not be established in the earth;
May evil hunt the violent man speedily.”
Proverbs 10:19 When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable,
Buthe who restrains his lips is wise.
But
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;
General references
Job 13:7 “Will you speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?
And speak what is deceitful for Him?