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Job 4:4
Your words have supported those who stumbled, and you have strengthened the knees that gave way.
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Proverbs 16:21-24
The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.A wise person’s heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
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Job 21:34
So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!”
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Job 24:25
“ If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
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Proverbs 25:11
Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.
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Job 32:3
With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.
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Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.
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Ecclesiastes 12:10-11
The Teacher sought to find delightful words, and to write accurately truthful sayings.The words of the sages are like prods, and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails; they are given by one shepherd.
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Proverbs 12:18
Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.
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Job 13:5
If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
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Job 16:3-5
Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
