Job 16:2
“I have heard many such things;
Wearisome and miserable comforters are you all.
Job 6:6
“Can something that has no taste to it be eaten without salt?
Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg?
Job 6:25
“How painful are words of honesty.
But what does your argument prove?
Job 11:2-3
“Shall a multitude of words not be answered?
And should a talkative man [making such a long-winded defense] be acquitted?
Job 13:4-5
“But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully];
You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer.
Job 19:2-3
“How long will you torment and exasperate me
And crush me with words?
Job 26:2-3
“What a help you are to the weak (powerless)!
How you have saved the arm that is without strength!
Psalm 69:26
For they have persecuted him whom You have struck,
And they tell of the pain of those whom You have pierced and wounded.
Philippians 1:16
The latter [preach Christ] out of love, because they know that I have been put here [by God on purpose] for the defense of the gospel;
James 1:19
Understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Let everyone be quick to hear [be a careful, thoughtful listener], slow to speak [a speaker of carefully chosen words and], slow to anger [patient, reflective, forgiving];
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Miserable
Bible References
Heard
“Can something that has no taste to it be eaten without salt?
Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg?
“Shall a multitude of words not be answered?
And should a talkative man [making such a long-winded defense] be acquitted?
“Oh, that you would be completely silent,
And that silence would be your wisdom!
“How long will you torment and exasperate me
And crush me with words?
“What a help you are to the weak (powerless)!
How you have saved the arm that is without strength!
Miserable
“But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully];
You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer.
For they have persecuted him whom You have struck,
And they tell of the pain of those whom You have pierced and wounded.