Job 3:5-6

3:5 Let darkness and the deepest

shadow claim it;

let a cloud settle on it;

let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

3:6 That night – let darkness seize it;

let it not be included among the days of the year;

let it not enter among the number of the months!

Job 3:17

3:17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,

and there the weary are at rest.

Job 21:2

21:2 “Listen carefully to my words;

let this be the consolation you offer me.

Job 33:1

Elihu Invites Job’s Attention

33:1 “But now, O Job, listen to my words,

and hear everything I have to say!

Proverbs 18:13

18:13 The one who gives an answer before he listens –

that is his folly and his shame.

James 1:19

Living Out the Message

1:19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.