Job 20:3

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Job 20:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2 “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

3 I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

4 Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,

5 the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

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then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

Job 20:2

“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

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I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.

Job 33:3

My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.

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My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.

Psalms 78:2

I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

Psalms 78:3

that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

Psalms 78:4

We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.

Psalms 78:5

For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,