Job 15:5

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.”

— WEB

“For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.”

— KJV

“For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.”

— ASV

Jeremiah 9:3-5 "“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil t…"
James 1:26 "If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is wor…"
Psalms 50:19-20 "“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit."
Psalms 52:2-4 "Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully."
James 3:5-8 "So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!"
Jeremiah 9:8 "Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambu…"
Luke 6:45 "The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart …"
Job 9:22-24 "“It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked."

The sophistry of thine own speeches proves thy guilt.

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