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] a limit to windy words? What provokes you that you answer?
Job 18:2
"{How long} {will you hunt for words}? Consider, and afterward we shall speak.
Psalm 140:11
Do not let a {slanderer} be established in the land; as for [the] man of violence, let evil hunt him quickly.
Proverbs 10:19
In many words, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.
Acts 17:18
And even some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were saying, "What does this babbler want to say?" But [others said], "He appears to be a proclaimer of foreign deities," because he was proclaiming the good news [about] Jesus and the resurrection.
James 1:19
Understand [this], my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
General references
Job 13:7
"Will you speak falsely for God? And will you speak deceitfully for him?