Job 15:5
For thine iniquity teaches thy mouth. And thou choose the tongue of the crafty.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
In Context
4Yea, thou do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
6Thine own mouth condemns thee, and not I. Yes, thine own lips testify against thee.
Cross References
Job 9:22It is all one thing. Therefore I say, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.
Job 22:5Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
Job 32:2Then the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled. His anger was kindled against Job because he justified himself rather than God.
Psalms 52:2Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
Jeremiah 9:8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit. He speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
Matthew Henry on Job 15:2-17
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first… Read the whole commentary →