Job 21:2

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Job 21:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then Job answered:

2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.

3 Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.

4 Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

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Job 13:3

Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.

Job 13:4

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Job 18:2

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Job 33:1

“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

Job 33:31

Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

Job 33:32

But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.

Job 33:33

But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”

Job 34:2

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Judges 9:7

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Isaiah 55:2

Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

Hebrews 2:1

We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Job 15:11

Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?

Job 16:2

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