Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

Bible References

My thoughts

Job 20:3

“I have heard the reproof which insults me,
But the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
Job 4:2

“If we dare to converse with you, will you be impatient [or offended]?
But who can restrain himself from speaking?
Job 13:19

“Who will argue and contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.
Job 32:13

“Beware if you say,
‘We have found wisdom;
God thrusts Job down [justly], not man [for God alone is dealing with him].’
Psalm 39:2

I was mute and silent [before my enemies],
I refrained even from good,
And my distress grew worse.
Jeremiah 20:9

If I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak His name anymore,”
Then my heart becomes a burning fire
Shut up in my bones.
And I am weary of enduring and holding it in;
I cannot endure it [nor contain it any longer].
Romans 10:2
For I testify about them that they have a certain enthusiasm for God, but not in accordance with [correct and vital] knowledge [about Him and His purposes].

And for

Psalm 31:22

As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from Your eyes.”
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests)
When I cried to You [for help].
Psalm 116:11

I said in my alarm,
“All men are liars.”
Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to anger has great understanding [and profits from his self-control],
But he who is quick-tempered exposes and exalts his foolishness [for all to see].
Proverbs 29:20

Do you see a [conceited] man who speaks quickly [offering his opinions or answering without thinking]?
There is more hope for a [thickheaded] fool than for him.
Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be eager in your heart to be angry,
For anger dwells in the heart of fools.
Mark 6:25
And she rushed back to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter!”
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];