Cross references

Job 16:5

But I would encourage you with my mouth,

and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.

Job 16:5 BSB

Job 16:5 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 0 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 27:9 (3 votes) and Isaiah 35:3–4 (3 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from 1 Samuel 23 to Revelation 3.

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Which verses does Job 16:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.

  2. Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees! Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”

  3. Brothers, 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.

  4. Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands. Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.

  5. Job 6:142 votes

    A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

  6. Job 29:252 votes

    I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

  7. Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

  8. As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

Which verses point to Job 16:5?

The 10 strongest of 11.