Job 16:3

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Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

“Do you intend to reprove my words,
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

“How long will you say these things,
And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge

And fill himself with the east wind?

“I listened to the reproof which insults me,
And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.

And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question.

who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of sordid gain.

sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.