21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
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Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; …
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! …
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-27)Eliphaz, in this concluding paragraph of his discourse, gives Job (what he himself knew not how to take) a comfortable prospect of the issue of his afflictions, if he did but recover his temper and accommodate himself to them. Observe, I. The seasonable word of caution and exhortation that he gives him (Job 5:17): “ Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty . Call it a chastening, which come…
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