Job 38:2
Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?
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Job 38:2
Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?
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Genesis 18:12
And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?
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Genesis 30:1
Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.
Genesis 35:16
So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.
Genesis 35:17
And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.
Genesis 35:18
And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.
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Deuteronomy 29:29
The secret things are the Lord our God's: but the things which have been made clear are ours and our children's for ever, so that we may do all the words of this law.
Ezekiel 13:3
This is what the Lord has said: A curse on the foolish prophets who go after the spirit which is in them and have seen nothing!
Amos 5:18
Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.
Colossians 2:18
Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind,
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1 Samuel 25:10
And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters.
Romans 2:1
So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.
Romans 14:4
Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.
Romans 14:13
Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.
James 4:12
There is only one judge and law-giver, even he who has the power of salvation and of destruction; but who are you to be your neighbour's judge?
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Job 2:10
And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.
Job 8:2
How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
Psalms 19:14
Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in your eyes, O Lord, my strength and my salvation.
Psalms 39:1
To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David. I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.
Psalms 106:33
For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.
Psalms 141:3
O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Malachi 3:14
You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?
Matthew 12:35
The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.
Matthew 12:36
And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.
Matthew 12:37
For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.
James 3:5
Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
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Job 3:6
That night--let the thick dark take it; let it not have joy among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
Job 9:34
Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:
Job 9:35
Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.
Job 13:3
But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.
Job 13:18
See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.
Job 17:3
Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.
Job 23:7
There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
Job 33:6
See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth.
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Job 4:11
The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.
Job 4:20
Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.
Job 4:21
If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?
Job 6:6
Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?
Job 7:6
My days go quicker than the cloth-worker's thread, and come to an end without hope.
Job 8:11
Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water?
Job 19:26
And...without my flesh I will see God;
Job 24:7
They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.
Job 24:10
Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.
Job 30:8
They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.
Job 30:28
I go about in dark clothing, uncomforted; I get up in the public place, crying out for help.
Job 31:19
If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;
Job 31:39
If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners;
Job 34:6
Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.
Job 34:20
Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.
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Job 12:3
But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?
Job 13:2
The same things are in my mind as in yours; I am equal to you.
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 27:11
I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.
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Job 28:1
Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.
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Job 32:19
My stomach is like wine which is unable to get out; like skins full of new wine, it is almost burst.
Proverbs 15:2
Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.
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Job 33:13
Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?
Job 36:23
Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?
Job 40:8
Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?
Job 42:2
I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs.
Job 42:4
Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
Job 42:5
Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.
Matthew 20:15
Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?
Romans 3:5
But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)?
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Job 33:33
If not, give attention to me, and keep quiet, and I will give you wisdom.
Psalms 49:1
Alamoth. To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world.
Psalms 49:2
High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.
Psalms 49:3
From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.
Psalms 49:4
I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.
Psalms 71:15
My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for they are more than may be measured.
Psalms 71:16
I will give news of the great acts of the Lord God; my words will be of your righteousness, and of yours only.
Psalms 71:17
O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.
Psalms 71:18
Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.
Proverbs 8:6
Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.
Proverbs 8:7
For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.
Acts 20:20
And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,
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Job 33:2
See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.
Job 33:8
But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:
Job 33:10
See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;
Job 33:11
He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways.
Job 34:36
May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.
Job 34:37
For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him.
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Job 14:1
As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.
Job 34:3
For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.
Job 39:16
She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.
Job 41:33
On earth there is not another like him, who is made without fear.
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Job 36:3
I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.
Job 36:4
For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.
Psalms 37:30
The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.
Psalms 37:31
The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.
Proverbs 20:15
There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.
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Psalms 138:1
Of David. I will give you praise with all my heart: I will make melody to you before the gods.
Psalms 138:2
I will give worship before your holy Temple, praising your name for your mercy and for your unchanging faith: for you have made your word greater than all your name.
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Psalms 139:4
For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.
Zephaniah 1:12
And it will come about at that time, that I will go searching through Jerusalem with lights; and I will send punishment on the men who have become like wine stored over-long, who say to themselves, The Lord will not do good and will not do evil.
Malachi 3:13
Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?
Malachi 3:15
And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.
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.
James 1:26
If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.
James 3:3
Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies.
James 3:4
And again ships, though they are so great and are moved by violent winds, are turned by a very small guiding-blade, at the impulse of the man who is using it.
James 3:7
For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;
James 3:8
But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.
James 3:9
With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.
James 3:10
Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.
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Psalms 139:6
Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.
Zechariah 9:17
For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.
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Proverbs 8:8
All the words of my mouth are righteousness; there is nothing false or twisted in them.
Proverbs 8:9
They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.
Acts 20:27
For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.
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Psalms 32:11
Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.
Proverbs 19:21
A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
Isaiah 28:29
This comes from the Lord of armies, purposing wonders, and wise in all his acts.
Acts 2:23
Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:
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Job 26:14
See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
Job 28:20
From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?
Job 28:21
For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.
Job 37:19
Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.
Psalms 73:16
When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;
Psalms 73:17
Till I went into God's holy place, and saw the end of the evil-doers.
Psalms 73:22
As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.
Proverbs 30:2
For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:
Proverbs 30:3
I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.
Proverbs 30:4
Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.
1 John 3:2
My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
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Song of Solomon 3:6
Who is this coming out of the waste places like pillars of smoke, perfumed with sweet spices, with all the spices of the trader?
Isaiah 63:1
Who is this who comes from Edom, with blood-red robes from Bozrah? he whose clothing is fair, stepping with pride in his great strength? I whose glory is in the right, strong for salvation.
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Zechariah 2:13
Let all flesh be quiet and make no sound before the Lord: for he is awake and has come from his holy resting-place.
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1 Peter 3:6
As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.
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