Job 15:2

New English Translation

“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?

Cross References

Job 13:2

What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!

Job 15:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

Job 15:3

Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?

Job 6:26

Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

Job 8:2

“How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

Proverbs 16:23

A wise person’s heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute to Egypt.

Hosea 12:2

The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

James 3:13

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.