Job 13:6-12

New King James Version

⁶ Now hear my reasoning,
And heed the pleadings of my lips.
^7 (A)Will you speak ^[a]wickedly for God,
And talk deceitfully for Him?
⁸ Will you show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?
⁹ Will it be well when He searches you out?
Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?
¹⁰ He will surely rebuke you
If you secretly show partiality.
¹¹ Will not His ^[b]excellence make you afraid,
And the dread of Him fall upon you?
¹² Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.