Job 16:4

New Century Version

I also could speak as you do if you were in my place. I could make great speeches against you and shake my head at you.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:21

This is what the Lord has said against Sennacherib: ‘The people of Jerusalem hate you and make fun of you. The people of Jerusalem laugh at you as you run away.

Job 11:2

“Should these words go unanswered? Is this talker in the right?

Job 16:5

But, instead, I would encourage you, and my words would bring you relief.

Job 35:16

So Job is only speaking nonsense, saying many words without knowing what is true.”

Job 6:14

“They say, ‘A person’s friends should be kind to him when he is in trouble, even if he stops fearing the Almighty.’

Psalm 109:25

My enemies insult me; they look at me and shake their heads.

Psalm 22:7

Those who look at me laugh. They stick out their tongues and shake their heads.

Psalm 22:8

They say, “Turn to the Lord for help. Maybe he will save you. If he likes you, maybe he will rescue you.”

Psalm 44:14

You made us a joke to the other nations; people shake their heads.

Proverbs 10:19

If you talk a lot, you are sure to sin; if you are wise, you will keep quiet.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool talks too much. No one knows the future, and no one can tell what will happen after death.

Isaiah 37:22

So this is what the Lord has said against Sennacherib: The people of Jerusalem hate you and make fun of you; the people of Jerusalem laugh at you as you run away.

Jeremiah 18:16

So Judah’s country will become an empty desert. People will not stop making fun of it. They will shake their heads as they pass by; they will be shocked at how the country was destroyed.

Jeremiah 48:27

Moab, you made fun of Israel. Israel was caught in the middle of a gang of thieves. When you spoke about Israel, you shook your head and acted as if you were better than it.

Lamentations 2:15

All who pass by on the road clap their hands at you; they make fun of Jerusalem and shake their heads. They ask, “Is this the city that people called the most beautiful city, the happiest place on earth?”

Zephaniah 2:15

This is the happy and safe city that thinks there is no one else as strong as it is. But what a ruin it will be, a place where wild animals live. All those who pass by will make fun and shake their fists.

Matthew 7:12

“Do to others what you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets.

Romans 12:15

Be happy with those who are happy, and be sad with those who are sad.

1 Corinthians 12:26

If one part of the body suffers, all the other parts suffer with it. Or if one part of our body is honored, all the other parts share its honor.