John Gill's Exposition on Job 15:5

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, etc.] Which was in his heart, and so was an evidence against him, and proved him perverse, and made good the above charges exhibited against him: or “thine iniquity teaches thy mouth” f619; the wickedness that was in his heart prompted his mouth to speak the things he did, (see <401234>Matthew 12:34); and this, as it was an instance of his folly, (<201502>Proverbs 15:2); so a proof of his casting off the fear of the Lord; for if that had been before his eyes, he would have bridled his lips, and not uttered all the wickedness of his heart: for he that “bridleth not his tongue, this man’s religion is vain”, (<590126>James 1:26); and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty; coloured over things under specious pretences of religion and godliness, so that the simple and ignorant took him for a holy good man, when he was at heart an hypocrite; in this light Eliphaz puts Job, as one that walked and talked in craftiness, and was a deceitful worker, and imposed upon men with false glosses and plausible pretences.

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