“Keep listening to my words, and let this be your comfort.
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.
“Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak. If you have any words, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you. If not, listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
“But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.
“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.
“I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all.
Are the comforts of God too small for you, or the word that deals gently with you?
But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God. As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all.
When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim and cried aloud and said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
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