Job 15:3
Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
BSB
ASV
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
KJV
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk5
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
leads to
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and…
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.