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
Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
Job 18:2
How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.
Psalm 140:11
Let not the man of evil tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to his ruin.
Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; but he that restraineth his lips doeth wisely.
Acts 17:18
But some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection to them.
James 1:19
So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
General references
Job 13:7
Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit?