Job 20:2

Zophar's Second Speech

¹ Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, ² “Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond,
Even because of my inward agitation.
³ “I listened to the reproof which insults me,
And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.

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Job 4:2

“If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient?
But who can refrain from speaking?

Job 13:19

“Who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.

Job 20:3

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

Job 32:13-20

“Do not say,
‘We have found wisdom;
God will rout him, not man.’

Psalm 31:22

As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried to You.

Psalm 39:2-3

I was mute and silent,
I refrained even from good,
And my sorrow grew worse.

Psalm 116:11

I said in my alarm,
“All men are liars.”

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
But he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.

Proverbs 29:20

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be eager in your heart to be angry,
For anger resides in the bosom of fools.

Jeremiah 20:9

But if I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak anymore in His name,”
Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am weary of holding it in,
And I cannot endure it.

Mark 6:25

Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

Romans 10:2

For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.

James 1:19

This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;