Job 6:25
How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?
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Job 6:25
How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?
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Genesis 26:27
And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you?
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Leviticus 2:13
And every meal offering is to be salted with salt; your meal offering is not to be without the salt of the agreement of your God: with all your offerings give salt.
Luke 14:34
For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?
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Joshua 22:16
This is what all the meeting of the people of the Lord has said, What is this wrong which you have done against the God of Israel, turning back this day from the Lord and building an altar for yourselves, and being false to the Lord?
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1 Samuel 24:16
Now when David had said these words to Saul, Saul said, Is this your voice, David, my son? And Saul was overcome with weeping.
1 Samuel 26:17
And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.
Proverbs 12:18
There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
Proverbs 15:1
By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.
Proverbs 16:21
The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.
Proverbs 16:22
Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.
Proverbs 16:23
The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
Proverbs 24:26
He gives a kiss with his lips who gives a right answer.
Ecclesiastes 12:10
The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.
Luke 21:15
For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.
Acts 6:10
But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.
James 1:19
You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;
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Ezra 10:5
Then Ezra got up, and made the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do this. So they took an oath.
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Esther 8:3
Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.
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Job 3:8
Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.
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Job 4:3
Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong;
Isaiah 35:3
Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.
Isaiah 35:4
Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.
Isaiah 40:14
Who gave him suggestions, and made clear to him the right way? who gave him knowledge, guiding him in the way of wisdom?
Isaiah 41:5
The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.
Isaiah 41:6
They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart!
Isaiah 41:7
So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.
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Job 6:14
He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.
Job 6:15
My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:
Job 6:22
Did I say, Give me something? or, Make a payment for me out of your wealth?
Job 6:23
Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?
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Job 6:28
Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.
Job 6:29
Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.
Job 6:30
Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?
Job 13:6
Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.
Job 13:7
Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?
Job 13:8
Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters?
Job 13:9
Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?
Job 17:2
Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.
Job 21:3
Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.
Job 21:34
Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?
Job 24:25
And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?
Job 26:4
To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?
Job 27:12
Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?
Job 32:3
And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.
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Job 7:12
Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?
Job 9:22
It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.
Job 9:23
If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.
Job 9:24
The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?
Job 22:4
Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?
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Job 8:8
Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers:
Job 8:9
(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)
Job 8:10
Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?
Job 11:6
And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!
Job 11:12
And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.
Job 12:1
And Job made answer and said,
Job 15:2
Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?
Job 17:4
You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.
Job 20:3
I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.
Job 32:7
I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.
Job 32:8
But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.
Job 32:9
It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.
Job 32:10
So I say, Give ear to me, and I will put forward my knowledge.
Job 32:11
I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,
Job 32:13
Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.
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Job 9:33
There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.
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Psalms 19:7
The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.
Psalms 19:8
The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
Psalms 119:103
How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!
Proverbs 8:6
Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.
Proverbs 10:14
Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.
Micah 2:7
Is the Lord quickly made angry? are these his doings? do not his words do good to his people Israel?
Micah 2:10
Up! and go; for this is not your rest: because it has been made unclean, the destruction ordered will come on you.
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Proverbs 9:7
He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name.
Proverbs 9:8
Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.
Proverbs 15:12
The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
Proverbs 19:25
When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.
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Proverbs 28:11
The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.
Isaiah 5:21
Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.
1 Corinthians 6:5
I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
Matthew 4:18
And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
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Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?
Isaiah 41:21
Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.
Jonah 4:11
And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle?
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Isaiah 19:18
In that day there will be five towns in the land of Egypt using the language of Canaan, and making oaths to the Lord of armies; and one of them will be named, The Town of the Sun.
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Jeremiah 28:14
For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, making them servants to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon; and they are to be his servants: and in addition I have given him the beasts of the field.
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Zephaniah 3:9
For then I will give the people a clean language, so that they may all make prayer to the Lord and be his servants with one mind.
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John 7:50
Nicodemus--he who had come to Jesus before, being himself one of them--said to them,
John 7:53
And every man went to his house;
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Job 29:22
After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;
Job 32:15
Fear has overcome them, they have no more answers to give; they have come to an end of words.
Matthew 7:23
And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
Matthew 22:22
And hearing it, they were full of wonder, and went away from him.
Matthew 22:26
In the same way the second and the third, up to the seventh.
Matthew 22:34
But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;
Matthew 22:46
And no one was able to give him an answer, and so great was their fear of him, that from that day no one put any more questions to him.
Titus 1:9
Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.
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Haggai 1:14
And the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, was moved by the Lord, as was the spirit of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the rest of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of armies, their God.
Malachi 3:16
Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.
2 Corinthians 10:4
(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);
2 Corinthians 10:5
Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
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