Verse 25

How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:4 : 4 Your words have raised up those who stagger, and you have strengthened knees that were about to give way.
  • Job 13:5 : 5 If only you would keep silent, it would be wisdom for you.
  • Job 16:3-5 : 3 Will your words of wind never end? Or what provokes you to answer? 4 I could also speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you. 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the comfort of my lips would bring you relief.
  • Job 21:34 : 34 So how can you comfort me with empty words, since your answers remain falsehoods?
  • Job 24:25 : 25 If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and make my words nothing?
  • Job 32:3 : 3 Elihu was also angry with Job's three friends because they had found no answer and yet they had condemned Job.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is one whose rash words are like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Prov 16:21-24 : 21 The wise in heart will be called discerning, and pleasant speech increases learning. 22 Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly. 23 The heart of the wise makes his mouth prudent, and his lips promote learning. 24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
  • Prov 25:11 : 11 Like golden apples in silver settings is a word spoken at the right time.
  • Eccl 12:10-11 : 10 The Teacher sought to find delightful sayings and to write words of truth accurately. 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and their collected sayings are like firmly embedded nails—given by one Shepherd.