Job 5:16 · KJV
“So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.”
— Job 5:16
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Behold, happy {is} the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Job 5 — Context
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. {meet...: or, run into}
15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17Behold, happy {is} the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Cross References
Psalms 107:42
The righteous shall see {it}, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Psalms 63:11
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
1 Samuel 2:8-9
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, {and} lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set {them} among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth {are} the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. {guilty...: or, subject to the judgment of God}
Zechariah 9:12
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare {that} I will render double unto thee;
Psalms 9:18
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall {not} perish for ever.
Isaiah 14:32
What shall {one} then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. {trust...: or, betake themselves unto it}
Exodus 11:7
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.