Job 6:25

Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz

²⁴ Teach me, and I will be silent.
Help me understand what I did wrong.
²⁵ How painful honest words can be!
But what does your rebuke prove?
²⁶ Do you think that you can disprove my words
or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?

Job

Job 4:4

Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling
and braced the knees that were buckling.

Job 13:5

If only you would shut up
and let that be your wisdom!

Job 16:3-5

Is there no end to your empty words?
What provokes you that you continue testifying?

Job 21:34

So how can you offer me such futile comfort?
Your answers are deceptive.

Job 24:25

If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar
and show that my speech is worthless?

Job 32:3

He was also angry at Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute him and yet had condemned him.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly,
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 16:21-24

Anyone with a wise heart is called discerning,
and pleasant speech increases learning.

Proverbs 18:21

Life and death are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 25:11

A word spoken at the right time
is like gold apples on a silver tray.

Ecclesiastes 12:10-11

The Teacher sought to find delightful sayings and write words of truth accurately.