Job 21:2

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Listen carefully to my words, and let this be your consolation.

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  • Judg 9:7 : 7 When Jotham was told about this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He raised his voice, called out, and said to them, "Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!
  • Job 13:3-4 : 3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to reason with God. 4 Yet you, however, are smearers of falsehood; all of you are worthless physicians.
  • Job 15:11 : 11 Are the consolations of God too trivial for you, or a word spoken gently with you?
  • Job 16:2 : 2 I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are all of you.
  • Job 18:2 : 2 How long will you keep putting an end to words? Consider, and then we will speak.
  • Job 33:1 : 1 But now, Job, please listen to my words and pay attention to all I have to say.
  • Job 33:31-33 : 31 Pay attention, Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak. 32 If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to justify you. 33 But if not, listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.
  • Job 34:2 : 2 Listen to my words, you wise ones; and to those with understanding, give ear to me.
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of food.
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore, we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away.

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  • 1 Then Job answered and said:

  • 1 But now, Job, please listen to my words and pay attention to all I have to say.

  • Job 21:3-5
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    3 Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, you may mock.

    4 Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

    5 Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth.

  • Job 33:31-32
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    31 Pay attention, Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

    32 If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to justify you.

  • 11 Are the consolations of God too trivial for you, or a word spoken gently with you?

  • Job 16:1-2
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    1 Then Job replied and said:

    2 I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are all of you.

  • 23 Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear my words.

  • Job 23:1-2
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    1 Then Job answered and said:

    2 Even today my complaint is bitter; my suffering is heavier than my groaning.

  • Job 19:1-2
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    1 Then Job answered and said,

    2 How long will you torment my soul and crush me with words?

  • 1 Then Job answered and said:

  • Job 22:21-22
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    21 Be reconciled with God now, and at peace with Him; this will bring good to you.

    22 Accept instruction from His mouth and place His words in your heart.

  • 17 Listen carefully to my words and let my declaration enter your ears.

  • 6 Listen now to my argument and pay attention to the contentions of my lips.

  • 1 Job continued speaking further, saying:

  • 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the comfort of my lips would bring you relief.

  • 2 And Job answered and said:

  • 1 Then Job answered and said:

  • Job 6:1-2
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    1 Then Job responded and said:

    2 If only my grief could be weighed and my calamity placed together on the scales!

  • 14 Listen to this, Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.

  • Job 32:11-12
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    11 I waited while you spoke, I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,

    12 I paid close attention to you. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; not one of you has answered his arguments.

  • 34 Men of understanding declare, and the wise man who hears me says:

  • 1 And Job continued speaking his discourse, saying:

  • Job 34:1-2
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    1 Then Elihu answered and said:

    2 Listen to my words, you wise ones; and to those with understanding, give ear to me.

  • 1 Then Job answered the LORD and said:

  • 4 You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.'

  • 34 So how can you comfort me with empty words, since your answers remain falsehoods?

  • 1 The LORD answered Job and said:

  • 20 Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

  • 16 If you have understanding, listen to this; pay attention to the sound of my words.

  • 22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You respond to me.

  • 10 It would still be my comfort— I would even exult in the midst of unrelenting pain— for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

  • 3 Then Job answered the LORD and said:

  • 1 Then Job answered and said:

  • 2 How long will you keep putting an end to words? Consider, and then we will speak.

  • 21 People listened to me and waited, and they kept silent for my counsel.

  • 5 I would know the words he would answer me with and understand what he would say to me.

  • 8 Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard your words.

  • 2 Who is this that darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

  • 2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding,

  • 2 Listen closely to the rumbling of His voice and the sound that comes from His mouth.