Job 13:6-12

Revised Standard Version

⁶ Hear now my reasoning,
    and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
⁷ Will you speak falsely for God,
    and speak deceitfully for him?
⁸ Will you show partiality toward him,
    will you plead the case for God?
⁹ Will it be well with you when he searches you out?
    Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
¹⁰ He will surely rebuke you
    if in secret you show partiality.
¹¹ Will not his majesty terrify you,
    and the dread of him fall upon you?
¹² Your maxims are proverbs of ashes,
    your defenses are defenses of clay.