Job 13:7 · KJV
“Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?”
— Job 13:7
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
Job 13 — Context
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
8Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
9Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye {so} mock him?
Cross References
Job 36:4
For truly my words {shall} not {be} false: he that is perfect in knowledge {is} with thee.
Job 27:4
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job 11:2-4
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? {full...: Heb. of lips}
2 Corinthians 4:2
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. {dishonesty: Gr. shame}
Romans 3:5-8
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? {Is} God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
Job 4:7
Remember, I pray thee, who {ever} perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
John 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Job 17:5
He that speaketh flattery to {his} friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.