Job 6:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give me teaching and I will be quiet; and make me see my error.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.
  • Ps 19:12 : 12 Who has full knowledge of his errors? make me clean from secret evil.
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.
  • Job 32:11 : 11 I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,
  • Job 33:1 : 1 And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.
  • Ps 39:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me. 2 I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.
  • Prov 9:9 : 9 Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.
  • Prov 25:12 : 12 Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;
  • Job 33:31-33 : 31 Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind. 32 If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin. 33 If not, give attention to me, and keep quiet, and I will give you wisdom.
  • Job 34:32 : 32 ...
  • Job 32:15-16 : 15 Fear has overcome them, they have no more answers to give; they have come to an end of words. 16 And am I to go on waiting while they have nothing to say? while they keep quiet and give no more answers?
  • Ps 32:8 : 8 I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.
  • Job 5:27 : 27 See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.

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  • Job 34:31-32
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  • Job 33:31-33
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    31Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

    32If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

    33If not, give attention to me, and keep quiet, and I will give you wisdom.

  • 24O Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small.

  • Job 42:3-4
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    3Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

    4Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • 23Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?

  • 12Who has full knowledge of his errors? make me clean from secret evil.

  • 4And, truly, if I have been in error, the effect of my error is only on myself.

  • 66Give me knowledge and good sense; for I have put my faith in your teachings.

  • 25How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?

  • Job 13:19-20
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    19Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

    20Only two things do not do to me, then I will come before your face:

  • Job 23:4-5
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    4I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.

    5I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

  • Job 13:22-24
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    22Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

    23What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.

    24Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

  • 24Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry against him will give attention to his teaching.

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    1<To the chief music-maker on corded instruments, on the Sheminith. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.

  • Ps 119:33-34
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    33<HE> O Lord, let me see the way of your rules, and I will keep it to the end.

    34Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.

  • 6Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

  • 34Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

  • 23Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.

  • 4Make your steps clear to me, O Lord; give me knowledge of your ways.

  • Ps 119:26-27
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    26I put the record of my ways before you, and you gave me an answer: O give me knowledge of your rules.

    27Make the way of your orders clear to me; then my thoughts will be ever on your wonders.

  • 13Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.

  • Ps 39:1-2
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    1<To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

    2I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.

  • 6That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,

  • 30Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?

  • 2I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

  • 11Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters.

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    12And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;

    13I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!

  • 11I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.

  • 8Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.

  • 3I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.

  • 19Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.

  • 11Make your way clear to me, O Lord; I will go on my way in your faith: let my heart be glad in the fear of your name.

  • 4Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?

  • 5Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.

  • 18I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.

  • 17Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:

  • 9Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

  • 23The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.