Job 5:27

5:27 Look, we have investigated this, so it is true.

Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”

Job 32:11

32:11 Look, I waited for you to speak;

I listened closely to your wise thoughts,while you were searching for words.

Job 32:15-16

Job’s Friends Failed to Answer

32:15 “They are dismayed and cannot answer any more;

they have nothing left to say.

32:16 And I have waited. But because they do not speak,

because they stand there and answer no more,

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!

Job 33:31-33

33:31 Pay attention, Job – listen to me;

be silent, and I will speak.

33:32 If you have any words, reply to me;

speak, for I want to justify you.

33:33 If not, you listen to me;

be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

Job 34:32

34:32 Teach me what I cannot see.

If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’

Psalms 32:8

32:8 I will instruct and teach you about how you should live.

I will advise you as I look you in the eye.

Proverbs 9:9

9:9 Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still;

teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.

Proverbs 25:12

25:12 Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold,

so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.

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.