Job 5:21

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Job 5:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

20 In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 31:20

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.

Psalms 55:21

His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

Psalms 57:4

My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Proverbs 12:18

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

James 3:5

In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.

James 3:6

The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

James 3:7

All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

James 3:8

but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Psalms 91:5

You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

Psalms 91:6

nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.

Psalms 91:7

Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.