Job 15:2

Catholic Public Domain Version

Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking wind, and will he fill his stomach with fire?

Cross References

Job 13:2

In conformity with your knowledge, I also know. I am not inferior to you.

Job 15:1

But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering, said:

Job 15:3

You rebuke with words he who is not equal to you, and you speak what is not expedient for you,

Job 6:26

You prepare speeches as so much noise, and you offer words into the wind.

Job 8:2

How long will you speak this way, so that the words of your mouth are like a changeable wind?

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise shall instruct his mouth and add grace to his lips.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

It is an utterly miserable infirmity that, in the same manner as he has arrived, so shall he return. How then does it benefit him, since he has labored for the wind?

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on wind and follows burning heat; all day long he multiplies lies and desolation. And he has entered into a pact with the Assyrians, and he has carried oil into Egypt.

Hosea 12:2

Therefore, the judgment of the Lord is with Judah and a visitation is upon Jacob. He will repay him according to his ways and according to his inventions.

James 3:13

Who is wise and well-taught among you? Let him show, by means of good conversation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.