What does Job 15:3 mean?

Job 15:3 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Job 15:3 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

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