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Job 15:12 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at, "
Job 15:12
Verse in Context
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With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
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Job 15:1
"Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,"
Job 15:2
"Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?"
Job 15:3
"Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?"
Job 15:4
"Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God."
Job 15:5
"For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty."
Job 15:6
"Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify"
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