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Job 11:2
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Job 11:2
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2 “Should a multitude of words go unanswered,
and should one full of talk be vindicated?(A)
Job 11:2
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Job 11:2
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Proverbs 10:19
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Proverbs 10:19
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19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but the prudent are restrained in speech.(A)
Proverbs 10:19
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Proverbs 10:19
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19 Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
but the prudent hold their tongues.(A)
Job 18:2
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Job 18:2
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2 “How long will you hunt for words?
Consider, and then we shall speak.
Job 18:2
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Job 18:2
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2 “When will you end these speeches?(A)
Be sensible, and then we can talk.
James 1:19
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James 1:19
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Hearing and Doing the Word
19 You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,(A)
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James 1:19
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James 1:19
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Listening and Doing
19 My dear brothers and sisters,(A) take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak(B) and slow to become angry,
Acts 17:18
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Acts 17:18
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18 Also some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some said, “What does this pretentious babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities.” (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)
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Acts 17:18
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Acts 17:18
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18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news(A) about Jesus and the resurrection.(B)
Psalm 140:11
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Psalm 140:11
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11 Do not let the slanderer be established in the land;
let evil speedily hunt down the violent!(A)
Psalm 140:11
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Psalm 140:11
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11 May slanderers not be established in the land;
may disaster hunt down the violent.(A)
Job 16:3
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Job 16:3
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3 Have windy words no limit?
Or what provokes you that you keep on talking?(A)
Job 16:3
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Job 16:3
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Job 8:2
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Job 8:2
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2 “How long will you say these things
and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
Job 8:2
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Job 8:2
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