21 Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel. 22 After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew. 23 They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
Job 29:21–23
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Wisdom of Solomon 8:11–13
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Deuteronomy 32:1–3
1 Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants. 3 For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness…
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Job 32:15–17
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Job 13:16–18
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Job 29:10–12
10 The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths. 11 For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me, 12 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
2 Enoch 46:1–2
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