“Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray.
For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
“But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.
Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good.”
Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.
“Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say.
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?
How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove?
How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.