What does Job 6:28 mean?

Job 6:28 highlights themes such as truth, integrity, suffering when read in context.

How should I apply Job 6:28 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

28Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

29Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

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Proverbs 12:22
Both verses emphasize the importance of truthfulness.
Psalm 15:2
This verse also highlights the character of a righteous person who speaks the truth.