Job 13:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips’ contentions.

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 9:7 : 7 Jotham’s Parable When Jotham heard the news, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below,“Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!
  • Job 21:2-3 : 2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you offer me. 3 Bear with me and I will speak, and after I have spoken you may mock.
  • Job 33:1-3 : 1 Elihu Invites Job’s Attention“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say! 2 See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue in my mouth has spoken. 3 My words come from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will utter knowledge sincerely.
  • Job 34:2 : 2 “Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.
  • Prov 8:6-7 : 6 Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right. 7 For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.

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