Job 15:4
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
King James Version
In Context
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
Job 5:8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Psalms 119:126It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
Amos 6:10And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
Luke 18:1And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
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 →