What does Job 15:5 mean?

Job 15:5 highlights themes such as iniquity, speech, craftiness when read in context.

How should I apply Job 15:5 today?

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

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

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.

6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

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James 3:10
Both verses address the power of the tongue and the danger of iniquity in speech.
Proverbs 12:13
This verse contrasts the crafty speech with the protection of the righteous.