Quotes About Communication

Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.

Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.

Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:

Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.

“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?

Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,

Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.

Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!

“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.

My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.

I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.

Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.

You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?