Job 29:22
After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop.
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- Deut 32:2 : 2 My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will drip like the dew, as rain drops upon the grass, and showers upon new growth.
- Matt 22:46 : 46 No one was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.
- Song 4:11 : 11 Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride, honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
- Isa 52:15 : 15 so now he will startle many nations. Kings will be shocked by his exaltation, for they will witness something unannounced to them, and they will understand something they had not heard about.
- Ezek 20:46 : 46 “Son of man, turn toward the south, and speak out against the south. Prophesy against the open scrub land of the Negev,
- Amos 7:16 : 16 So now listen to the LORD’s message! You say,‘Don’t prophesy against Israel! Don’t preach against the family of Isaac!’
- Mic 2:6 : 6 ‘Don’t preach with such impassioned rhetoric,’ they say excitedly.‘These prophets should not preach of such things; we will not be overtaken by humiliation.’
- Job 32:15-16 : 15 Job’s Friends Failed to Answer“They are dismayed and cannot answer any more; they have nothing left to say. 16 And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,
- Job 33:31-33 : 31 Pay attention, Job– listen to me; be silent, and I will speak. 32 If you have any words, reply to me; speak, for I want to justify you. 33 If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
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- Job 29:23-242 verses82%
23They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.
24If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.
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21Job’s Reputation“People listened to me and waited silently; they kept silent for my advice.
- Job 32:14-163 verses78%
14Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.
15Job’s Friends Failed to Answer“They are dismayed and cannot answer any more; they have nothing left to say.
16And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,
- Job 29:9-113 verses75%
9the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;
10the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
11Job’s Benevolence“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,
- Deut 32:1-22 verses72%
1Invocation of Witnesses Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will drip like the dew, as rain drops upon the grass, and showers upon new growth.
- Ps 38:13-142 verses69%
13But I am like a deaf man– I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak.
14I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.
- Ps 39:2-32 verses69%
2I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew;
3my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:
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31Pay attention, Job– listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
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11Look, I waited for you to speak; I listened closely to your wise thoughts, while you were searching for words.
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15While he was saying this to me, I was flat on the ground and unable to speak.
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21They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered,“Don’t respond to him.”
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20Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he will be swallowed up!
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27All the officials did indeed come and question Jeremiah. He told them exactly what the king had instructed him to say. They stopped questioning him any further because no one had actually heard their conversation.
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23Pay attention and listen to my message! Be attentive and listen to what I have to say!
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22But if they had stood in my inner circle, they would have proclaimed my message to my people. They would have caused my people to turn from their wicked ways and stop doing the evil things they are doing.
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16I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.
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17and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.
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9So David’s servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David’s name. Then they paused.
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30they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.
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3There is no actual speech or word, nor is its voice literally heard.
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33If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
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12In the past he said to them,“This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found.” But they refused to listen.
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1Elihu Invites Job’s Attention“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!
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3When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
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20I will speak, so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.
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28which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly.
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14They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.
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17The LORD then said to me,“What they have said is good.
- Ezek 33:31-322 verses66%
31They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.
32Realize that to them you are like a sensual song, a beautiful voice and skilled musician. They hear your words, but they do not obey them.
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19For they have not paid attention to what I said to them through my servants the prophets whom I sent to them over and over again,’ says the LORD.‘And you exiles have not paid any attention to them either,’ says the LORD.
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20For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who live peacefully in the land.
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9I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.
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9Sometimes I think,“I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more.” But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.
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19and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.
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6When the man overtook them, he spoke these words to them.
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3Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.
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16I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth.
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22Now the hand of the LORD had been on me the evening before the refugee reached me, but the LORD opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak.
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27Then the LORD said to me,“When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you.
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6“Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips’ contentions.
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36The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered,“Don’t respond to him.”