Job 20:2

New English Translation

“This is why my troubled thoughts bring me back – because of my feelings within me.

Cross References

Job 13:19

Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

Job 20:1

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:

Job 20:3

When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.

Job 4:2

“If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

Psalm 116:11

I rashly declared, “All men are liars.”

Psalm 31:22

I jumped to conclusions and said, “I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

Proverbs 14:29

The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 29:20

Do you see someone who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

Jeremiah 20:9

Sometimes I think, “I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more.” But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.

Mark 6:25

Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: “I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

Romans 10:2

For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.

James 1:19

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.