Job 13:4-5

4As for you, ayou whitewash with lies;
bworthless physicians are you all.
5Oh that you would ckeep silent,
and it would be your wisdom!

Job 16:2-3

2 “I have heard dmany such things;
emiserable comforters are you all.
3Shall fwindy words have an end?
Or what provokes you that you answer?

Job 26:1-3

Job Replies: God’s Majesty Is Unsearchable

1Then Job answered and said:

2 How you have ghelped him who has no power!
How you have saved hthe arm that has no strength!
3How you have icounseled him who has no wisdom,
and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

Malachi 3:13-15

13 j“Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. kBut you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ 14You have said, l‘It is vain to serve God. mWhat is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? 15And now we call nthe arrogant blessed. oEvildoers not only prosper but pthey put God to the test and they escape.’”

Matthew 12:36-37

36I tell you, qon the day of judgment rpeople will give account for severy careless word they speak, 37for tby your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Colossians 4:6

6Let your speech always ube gracious, vseasoned with salt, wso that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

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