Job 16:5
But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
BSB
ASV
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief.
KJV
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
Opposed to strengthening with the heart, that is, with real consolation. Translate, "I also (like you) could strengthen with the mouth," that is, with heartless talk: "And the moving of my lips (mere lip comfort) could console (in the same fashion as you do)" [UMBREIT]. "Hearty counsel" (Pr 27:9) is the opposite.
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Proverbs 27:17As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
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And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
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Psalms 27:14Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
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But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.
Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
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Galatians 6:1Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
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We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.