Job 2:10

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¹⁰He replied, “You are talking like a foolish^[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”^(A)

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.^(B)

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Footnotes

Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.

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Psalm 39:1

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Psalm 39^[a]

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

¹I said, “I will watch my ways^(A)
and keep my tongue from sin;^(B)
I will put a muzzle on my mouth^(C)
while in the presence of the wicked.”

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Footnotes

Psalm 39:1 In Hebrew texts 39:1-13 is numbered 39:2-14.

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Proverbs 10:19

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¹⁹Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
but the prudent hold their tongues.^(A)

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Proverbs 13:3

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³Those who guard their lips^(A) preserve their lives,^(B)
but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.^(C)

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Isaiah 53:7

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⁷He was oppressed^(A) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;^(B)
he was led like a lamb^(C) to the slaughter,^(D)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.

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Romans 9:20

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²⁰But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?^(A) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,^(B) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”^[a]^(C)

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