“Listen carefully to my speech,
And let this be your [a]consolation.

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  1. Job 21:2 comfort

“Listen carefully to my words;(A)
    let this be the consolation you give me.(B)

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Do Not Neglect Salvation

Therefore we must give [a]the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.

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  1. Hebrews 2:1 all the more careful attention

Warning to Pay Attention

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.(A)

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Why do you [a]spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.

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  1. Isaiah 55:2 Lit. weigh out silver

Why spend money on what is not bread,
    and your labor on what does not satisfy?(A)
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,(B)
    and you will delight in the richest(C) of fare.

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“Hear my words, you wise men;
Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

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“Hear my words, you wise men;
    listen to me,(A) you men of learning.

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31 “Give ear, Job, listen to me;
Hold your peace, and I will speak.
32 If you have anything to say, answer me;
Speak, for I desire to justify you.
33 If not, (A)listen to me;
[a]Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”

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  1. Job 33:33 Keep silent

31 “Pay attention, Job, and listen(A) to me;(B)
    be silent,(C) and I will speak.
32 If you have anything to say, answer me;(D)
    speak up, for I want to vindicate you.(E)
33 But if not, then listen to me;(F)
    be silent,(G) and I will teach you wisdom.(H)

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Elihu Contradicts Job

33 “But please, Job, hear my speech,
And listen to all my words.

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33 “But now, Job, listen(A) to my words;
    pay attention to everything I say.(B)

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“How long till you put an end to words?
Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.

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“When will you end these speeches?(A)
    Be sensible, and then we can talk.

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“I have heard many such things;
(A)Miserable[a] comforters are you all!

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  1. Job 16:2 Troublesome

“I have heard many things like these;
    you are miserable comforters,(A) all of you!(B)

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11 Are the consolations of God too small for you,
And the word spoken [a]gently with you?

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  1. Job 15:11 Or a secret thing

11 Are God’s consolations(A) not enough for you,
    words(B) spoken gently to you?(C)

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(A)But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.
But you forgers of lies,
(B)You are all worthless physicians.

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But I desire to speak to the Almighty(A)
    and to argue my case with God.(B)
You, however, smear me with lies;(C)
    you are worthless physicians,(D) all of you!(E)

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The Parable of the Trees

Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on top of (A)Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice and cried out. And he said to them:

“Listen to me, you men of Shechem,
That God may listen to you!

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When Jotham(A) was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim(B) and shouted to them, “Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

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