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Ecclesiastes 7:9
Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry, for anger abides in the heart of fools.
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Job 20:3
I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding makes me reply.
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Job 13:19
Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
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Romans 10:2
I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
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Psalms 31:22
In my alarm I said,“ I am cut off from your sight.” But you heard the sound of my pleading when I cried to you for help.
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Mark 6:25
At once she hurried to the king and said,“ I want you to give me John the Baptist’s head on a platter immediately.”
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James 1:19
My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
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Psalms 116:11
In my alarm I said,“ Everyone is a liar.”
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Proverbs 14:29
A patient person shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.
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Proverbs 29:20
Do you see someone who speaks too soon? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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Job 4:2
Should anyone try to speak with you when you are exhausted? Yet who can keep from speaking?
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Job 32:13-20
So do not claim,“ We have found wisdom; let God deal with him, not man.”But Job has not directed his argument to me, and I will not respond to him with your arguments.Job’s friends are dismayed and can no longer answer; words have left them.Should I continue to wait now that they are silent, now that they stand there and no longer answer?I too will answer; yes, I will tell what I know.For I am full of words, and my spirit compels me to speak.My heart is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like new wineskins.I must speak so that I can find relief; I must open my lips and respond.
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Jeremiah 20:9
I say,“ I won’t mention him or speak any longer in his name.” But his message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones. I become tired of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
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Psalms 39:2-3
I was speechless and quiet; I kept silent, even from speaking good, and my pain intensified.My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, a fire burned. I spoke with my tongue: