Job 36:10

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

⁹ Then He declares to them their work
And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves.
¹⁰ “He opens their ear to instruction,
And commands that they return from evil.
¹¹ “If they hear and serve Him,
They will end their days in prosperity
And their years in pleasures.

Job

Job 36:15

“He delivers the afflicted in their affliction,
And opens their ear in time of oppression.

Proverbs 8:4-5

“To you, O men, I call,
And my voice is to the sons of men.

Isaiah 1:16-20

“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
Cease to do evil,

Isaiah 48:17

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit,
Who leads you in the way you should go.

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord God has opened My ear;
And I was not disobedient
Nor did I turn back.

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call upon Him while He is near.

Matthew 3:8

Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance;

James 4:8

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

2 Kings 17:13

Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments, My statutes according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets.”

Job 33:16-23

Then He opens the ears of men,
And seals their instruction,

Psalm 40:6

Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;
My ears You have opened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

Proverbs 1:22-23

“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?
And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 9:4-6

“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!”
To him who lacks understanding she says,

Isaiah 48:8

“You have not heard, you have not known.
Even from long ago your ear has not been open,
Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously;
And you have been called a rebel from birth.

Jeremiah 4:3-4

For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem,
“Break up your fallow ground,
And do not sow among thorns.

Jeremiah 7:3-7

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.

Ezekiel 18:30-31

“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct,” declares the Lord God. “Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you.

Hosea 14:1

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

Acts 3:19

Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

Acts 16:14

A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.

Acts 17:30

Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent,