Job 20:2
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 20
“Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.”Job 20:2
What Does Job 20:2 Mean?
Job 20:2 is found in the book of Job, chapter 20, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (15)
These passages are connected to Job 20:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 32:20“I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.”Psalms 31:22“For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.”Proverbs 14:29“He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.”Job 4:2“If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?”Job 13:19“Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.”Job 20:3“I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.”Job 32:13“Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.”Psalms 39:2“I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.”Psalms 116:11“I said in my haste, All men are liars.”Proverbs 29:20“Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.”Ecclesiastes 7:9“Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.”Jeremiah 20:9“Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.”Mark 6:25“And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.”Romans 10:2“For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.”James 1:19“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
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