Job 36:10

God opens their ears to instruction and commands them to turn from iniquity. Affliction is paired with a summons to repent.

Cross-references · 21

• Matt 3:8Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
• Job 36:15He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
• Isa 55:6–7Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• Isa 48:17Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
• 2 Kgs 17:13Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
• Prov 8:4–5Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
• Isa 1:16–20Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
• Isa 50:5The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
• Job 33:16–23Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
• Ps 40:6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
• Jer 4:3–4For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
• Prov 1:22–23How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
• Jer 7:3–7Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
• Hos 14:1O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
• Ezek 18:30–31Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
• Acts 17:30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
• Acts 3:19Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• Acts 16:14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
• Isa 48:8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
• Jas 4:8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
• Prov 9:4–6Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

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