Job 15:13

that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

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In The King James Version

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

In Context

12Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,

14What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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Cross References

Genesis 4:5but he didn’t respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.

Job 9:4God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?

Job 12:6The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.

Psalms 34:13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

Lamentations 3:39Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

Malachi 3:13“Your words have been harsh against me,” says the LORD. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’

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 →

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