Job 20:2

New Century Version

“My troubled thoughts cause me to answer, because I am very upset.

Cross References

Job 13:19

No one can accuse me of doing wrong. If someone can, I will be quiet and die.

Job 20:1

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:

Job 20:3

You correct me and I am insulted, but I understand how to answer you.

Job 4:2

“If someone tried to speak with you, would you be upset? I cannot keep from speaking.

Psalm 116:11

In my distress I said, “All people are liars.”

Psalm 31:22

In my distress, I said, “God cannot see me!” But you heard my prayer when I cried out to you for help.

Proverbs 14:29

Patient people have great understanding, but people with quick tempers show their foolishness.

Proverbs 29:20

Do you see people who speak too quickly? There is more hope for a foolish person than for them.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don’t become angry quickly, because getting angry is foolish.

Jeremiah 20:9

Sometimes I say to myself, “I will forget about the Lord. I will not speak anymore in his name.” But then his message becomes like a burning fire inside me, deep within my bones. I get tired of trying to hold it inside of me, and finally, I cannot hold it in.

Mark 6:25

At once the girl went back to the king and said to him, “I want the head of John the Baptist right now on a platter.”

Romans 10:2

I can say this about them: They really try to follow God, but they do not know the right way.

James 1:19

My dear brothers and sisters, always be willing to listen and slow to speak. Do not become angry easily,