Job 16:5

Modern English Version

but I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would relieve your grief.

Cross References

Job 16:4

I also could speak as you do, if your soul were in my place. I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you;

Job 16:6

“Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; and though I stop, how am I eased?

Job 29:25

I chose the way for them and sat as chief, and lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts mourners.

Job 6:14

“A despairing man should be shown kindness from his friend, or he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Job 6:25

How forceful are right words! But what does your arguing prove?

Psalm 27:14

Wait on the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait on the Lord.

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume make the heart glad; so the sweetness of a man’s friend brings joy by hearty counsel.

Galatians 6:1

Brothers, if a man is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, watching yourselves, lest you also be tempted.