Job 6:24

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body.
  • Ps 19:12 : 12 Who can understand [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults].
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
  • Job 32:11 : 11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
  • Job 33:1 : 1 ¶ Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
  • Ps 39:1-2 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
  • Prov 9:9 : 9 Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
  • Prov 25:12 : 12 [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Job 33:31-33 : 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. 32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
  • Job 34:32 : 32 [That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
  • Job 32:15-16 : 15 ¶ They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. 16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, [and] answered no more;)
  • Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
  • Job 5:27 : 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.

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