Job 20:1 says, Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,  Job's friends could not just remain quiet.  Zophar felt that he knew the nature and the works of God better than Job did.  We, like Zophar, would be better off listening for God's understanding of a situation than attempting to apply our own understanding.  Verse two says, Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. Zophar said that his thoughts forced him as to not only answer, but to do quickly.  He was correct about them being his thoughts, and he wasn't even going to take the time to consider what Job had said.  When we judge without considering what God tells us in any situation, we are indeed in danger of sharing only our own thoughts, and not God's teachings.  In verse three Zophar continues, I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.  Zophar was basically saying to Job that Job had reproached what he had said earlier, so now he felt compelled to set Job straight.  If someone questions what we feel to be the truth, we often cannot wait for them to be quiet so we can correct them.  Instead of waiting to declare Job wrong, Zophar would have been better off to wait and listen sincerely to what God had to say.  If our objective is to defend our belief about a particular situation, we may be too busy just waiting for the opportunity to respond to hear what God has to say.  We need to be certain that we, like Zophar, are not replying just on our own understanding.  In verse four Zophar asks, Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,  Zophar questions Job's understanding of the way the world had worked throughout history.  If we are going to base our arguments on the history of people and their relationship to God since the beginning of time, we need to make sure that our understanding comes from God, and not just our own interpretation of events.  In verse five Zophar continues, That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?  Though what Zophar said was true from an everlasting prospective, that the triumph of evil over good is short, this did not apply to Job.  Even the truth can be used from a wrong understanding to attempt to justify our beliefs and dispute someone else's beliefs.  In verse six Zophar states, Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;  Zophar implies that the sinner can become so proud of themselves that they feel that they are in heaven.  Then, verse eight warns, Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?  Though speaking of sinners in general being brought down to destruction, I believe that Zophar was attempting to apply this to Job in particular.  Job had been brought from his position of wealth and influence to suffering and abandonment by his friends.  We cannot assume that when a person suffers in life that they are being punished by God, nor does success mean that they are being blessed by God.  Verse eight says, He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.  Zophar said that the sinners life would be as lasting as a dream.  Verse nine says, The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.  Zophar said that sinners would no longer be looked on with respect.  Verse ten says, His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.  Often, the children of the rich, instead of seeking to help the poor simply continue to attempt to further enrich themselves.  Verse eleven says, His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.  Zophar was saying that the sinner would not give up on the sins of his youth, which I believe meant the lusts of youth.  As a rule, young people do tend to be more self centered.  I believe Zophar was saying this should change as a person matures, especially spiritually.  Verse twelve says, Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;   Zophar said that wickedness tasted sweet to the sinner and they tried to hide it under their tongue to enjoy longer.  Verse thirteen states, Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:  I believe that Zophar was really referring to the hypocrite, who knew that certain things were wrong but continued to do them because they brought pleasure in life.  Verse fourteen says,  Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.  I believe that Zophar was saying that deep within the hypocrite, there was no real peace.  If we are living life based on the lies of hypocrisy, we will never be at ease.  Verse fifteen declares, He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.  Riches can never bring everlasting satisfaction to anyone.  Only following God's will can.  We may think we can live in the riches and sweetness of sin, but God will eventually cast them out.  It may not be in this life, but anything built on sin will ultimately be cast away by God.