Job 5:16

Eliphaz's Response Continues

¹⁵ “But He saves from the sword of their mouth,
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.
¹⁶ “So the helpless has hope,
And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.
¹⁷ “Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Job

Psalm 107:42

The upright see it and are glad;
But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

Psalm 63:11

But the king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who swears by Him will glory,
For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

Exodus 11:7

But against any of the sons of Israel a dog will not even bark, whether against man or beast, that you may understand how the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’

1 Samuel 2:8-9

“He raises the poor from the dust,
He lifts the needy from the ash heap
To make them sit with nobles,
And inherit a seat of honor;
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He set the world on them.

Psalm 9:18

For the needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

Isaiah 14:32

“How then will one answer the messengers of the nation?
That the Lord has founded Zion,
And the afflicted of His people will seek refuge in it.”

Zechariah 9:12

Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope;
This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;