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Job 4:4
Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, And you have strengthened the feeble knees;
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Proverbs 16:21-24
The wise in heart will be called prudent, And sweetness of the lips increases learning.Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it. But the correction of fools is folly.The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, And adds learning to his lips.Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.
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Job 21:34
How then can you comfort me with empty words, Since falsehood remains in your answers?”
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Job 24:25
“ Now if it is not so, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?”
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Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold In settings of silver.
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Job 32:3
Also against his three friends his wrath was aroused, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
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Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
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Ecclesiastes 12:10-11
The Preacher sought to find acceptable words; and what was written was upright— words of truth.The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of scholars are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd.
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Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise promotes health.
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Job 13:5
Oh, that you would be silent, And it would be your wisdom!
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Job 16:3-5
Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?I also could speak as you do, If your soul were in my soul’s place. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you;But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.
