Job 6:25
“How painful are words of honesty.
But what does your argument prove?
Job 4:4
“Your words have helped the one who was stumbling to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.
Job 13:5
“Oh, that you would be completely silent,
And that silence would be your wisdom!
Job 16:3-5
“Is there no end to [your futile] words of wind?
Or what plagues you [so much] that you [so boldly] answer [me like this]?
Job 21:34
“How then can you vainly comfort me with empty words,
Since your answers remain untrue?”
Job 24:25
“And if this is not so, who can prove me a liar
And make my speech worthless?”
Job 32:3
Elihu’s anger burned against Job’s three friends because they had found no answer [and were unable to determine Job’s error], and yet they had condemned Job and declared him to be in the wrong [and responsible for his own afflictions].
Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 16:21-24
The wise in heart will be called understanding,
And sweet speech increases persuasiveness and learning [in both speaker and listener].
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words.
Proverbs 25:11
Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a word spoken at the right time.
Ecclesiastes 12:10-11
The Preacher sought to find delightful words, even to write correctly words of truth.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Forcible
Bible References
Forcible
“Your words have helped the one who was stumbling to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.
“[But instead] I could strengthen and encourage you with [the words of] my mouth,
And the consolation and solace of my lips would soothe your suffering and lessen your anguish.
There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.
The wise in heart will be called understanding,
And sweet speech increases persuasiveness and learning [in both speaker and listener].
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words.
Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a word spoken at the right time.
What doth
“Oh, that you would be completely silent,
And that silence would be your wisdom!
“Is there no end to [your futile] words of wind?
Or what plagues you [so much] that you [so boldly] answer [me like this]?
“How then can you vainly comfort me with empty words,
Since your answers remain untrue?”
“And if this is not so, who can prove me a liar
And make my speech worthless?”