Job 6:25

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How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

Thy words have upheld the one that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would assuage the pain.

There are those that speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is medicine.

The wise in heart is called a man of understanding; and the sweetness of the lips shall increase doctrine.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those that love it shall eat its fruit.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold inscribed with silver.

The preacher sought to find willing words and upright writings, even words of truth.

O that ye would altogether be silent! And it would be unto you instead of wisdom.

Shall vain words have an end? Or what is it that emboldens thee to answer?

How then do ye comfort me in vain, given that your answers remain as falsehood?

And if it is not so now, who will make me a liar or reduce my speech to nothing?

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.