Job 20:2
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2 “Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer,
Because of the turmoil within me.
James 1:19
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Qualities Needed in Trials
19 [a]So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, (A)slow to speak, (B)slow to wrath;
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- James 1:19 NU Know this or This you know
Romans 10:2
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2 For I bear them witness (A)that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
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Mark 6:25
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25 Immediately she came in with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
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Jeremiah 20:9
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9 Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him,
Nor speak anymore in His name.”
But His word was in my heart like a (A)burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
I was weary of holding it back,
And (B)I could not.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
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9 (A)Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry,
For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Proverbs 29:20
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20 Do you see a man hasty in his words?
(A)There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 14:29
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- Proverbs 14:29 Lit. short of spirit
Psalm 116:11
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Psalm 39:2-3
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2 (A)I was mute with silence,
I held my peace even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred up.
3 My heart was hot within me;
While I was [a]musing, the fire burned.
Then I spoke with my tongue:
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- Psalm 39:3 meditating
Psalm 31:22
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22 For I said in my haste,
“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried out to You.
Job 32:13-20
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13 (A)Lest you say,
‘We have found wisdom’;
God will vanquish him, not man.
14 Now he has not [a]directed his words against me;
So I will not answer him with your words.
15 “They are dismayed and answer no more;
Words escape them.
16 And I have waited, because they did not speak,
Because they stood still and answered no more.
17 I also will answer my part,
I too will declare my opinion.
18 For I am full of words;
The spirit within me compels me.
19 Indeed my [b]belly is like wine that has no [c]vent;
It is ready to burst like new wineskins.
20 I will speak, that I may find relief;
I must open my lips and answer.
Job 20:3
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3 I have heard the rebuke [a]that reproaches me,
And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
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- Job 20:3 Lit. of my insulting correction
Job 13:19
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19 (A)Who is he who will contend with me?
If now I hold my tongue, I perish.
Job 4:2
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2 “If one attempts a word with you, will you become weary?
But who can withhold himself from speaking?
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