Job 34:1-4Then Elihu continued: / “Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning. / For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food. ...
Job 32:1-3So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. / This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God, / and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
Job 33:1-3“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words. / Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue. / My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
Job 36:1-4And Elihu continued: / “Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf. / I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker. ...
Job 37:1-2“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place. / Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
Job 38:1-3Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: / “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge? / Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
Job 40:1-2And the LORD said to Job: / “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
Job 42:1-3Then Job replied to the LORD: / “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted. / You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Proverbs 18:17The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
Isaiah 41:21“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.
Isaiah 43:9All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
Isaiah 50:8The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me!
Matthew 5:25Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
Matthew 12:36But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
Luke 12:57And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
