Job 15:2

New International Version

“Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind?

Cross References

Job 13:2

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

Job 15:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

Job 15:3

Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?

Job 6:26

Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind?

Job 8:2

“How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.

Proverbs 16:23

The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent, and their lips promote instruction.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, and as everyone comes, so they depart. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

Hosea 12:2

The Lord has a charge to bring 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? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.