Job 15:5
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
King James Version
In Context
4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Cross References
Job 9:22This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Job 22:5Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
Job 32:2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Jeremiah 9:8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
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 →