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Job 4:4
Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.
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Proverbs 16:21-24
The wise in heart are called discerning, and gracious words promote instruction.Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent, but folly brings punishment to fools.The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent, and their lips promote instruction.Gracious words are 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 nonsense? Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!”
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Job 24:25
“ If this is not so, who can prove me false and reduce my words to nothing?”
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Proverbs 25:11
Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a ruling rightly given.
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Job 32:3
He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
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Proverbs 18:21
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
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Ecclesiastes 12:10-11
The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails— given by one shepherd.
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Proverbs 12:18
The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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Job 13:5
If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
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Job 16:3-5
Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing?I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you.But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
