Job 15:2

Modern English Version

“Should a wise man reply with empty knowledge and fill his lungs with the east wind?

Cross References

Job 13:2

What you know, I also know the same; I am not inferior to you.

Job 15:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

Job 15:3

Should he reason with unprofitable talk or with speeches with which he can do no good?

Job 6:26

Do you mean to correct my words, and treat my desperate words as wind?

Job 8:2

“How long will you speak these things, and the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise guides his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

As he came from his mother’s womb, naked he will depart, as he came; he will not take anything for his labor, which he may carry away with his hands.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on the wind and chases after the east wind all day long. He multiplies lies and devastation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

Hosea 12:2

The Lord has a dispute with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, and repay him according to his doings.

James 3:13

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show his works by his good life in the meekness of wisdom.