Job 11:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Should not many words be answered, or must the garrulous man necessarily be right?

Cross References

Job 11:1

And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:

Job 15:2

Does a wise man answer with windy opinions, or puff himself up with the east wind?

Job 16:3

Is there no end to windy words? What sickness makes you rattle on?

Job 18:2

When will you put an end to words? Reflect, and then we can have discussion.

Job 8:2

How long will you utter such things? The words from your mouth are a mighty wind!

Psalm 140:11

Drop burning coals upon them; cast them into the watery pit never more to rise.

Proverbs 10:19

Where words are many, sin is not wanting; but those who restrain their lips do well.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Be not hasty in your utterance and let not your heart be quick to utter a promise in God’s presence. God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

When you make a vow to God, delay not its fulfillment. For God has no pleasure in fools; fulfill what you have vowed.

Acts 17:18

Even some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers engaged him in discussion. Some asked, “What is this scavenger trying to say?” Others said, “He sounds like a promoter of foreign deities,” because he was preaching about ‘Jesus’ and ‘Resurrection.’

James 1:19

Know this, my dear brothers: everyone should be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath,