Job 6:24
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24 “Teach me, and I will be silent;
make me understand how I have gone wrong.
James 3:2
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2 For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is mature,[a] able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.(A)
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- 3.2 Gk a mature man
Proverbs 9:9
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9 Give instruction[a] to the wise, and they will become wiser still;
teach the righteous, and they will gain in learning.(A)
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- 9.9 Heb lacks instruction
Psalm 39:1-2
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Psalm 39
Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness
To the leader: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1 I said, “I will guard my ways
that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will keep a muzzle on my mouth
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”(A)
2 I was silent and still;
I held my peace to no avail;
my distress grew worse;(B)
Job 10:2
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2 I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
let me know why you contend against me.(A)
Psalm 32:8
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8 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.(A)
Psalm 19:12
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12 But who can detect one’s own errors?
Clear me from hidden faults.(A)
Job 33:1
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Job 5:27
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27 See, we have searched this out; it is true.
Hear, and know it for yourself.”
Proverbs 25:12
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12 Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold
is a wise rebuke to a listening ear.(A)
Job 34:32
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32 teach me what I do not see;
if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?(A)
Job 33:31-33
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31 Pay heed, Job, listen to me;
be silent, and I will speak.
32 If you have anything to say, answer me;
speak, for I desire to justify you.
33 If not, listen to me;
be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”(A)
Job 32:15-16
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15 “They are dismayed; they answer no more;
they have not a word to say.
16 And am I to wait because they do not speak,
because they stand there and answer no more?
Job 32:11
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11 “See, I waited for your words;
I listened for your wise sayings
while you searched out what to say.(A)
James 1:19
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Hearing and Doing the Word
19 You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,(A)
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