Teachable Spirit

[Job 6:24] Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
[Teach me, and I will hold my tongue - Convince me by solid arguments and I will patiently hear and gladly receive your counsels.
You may give your defense but then show that you are not stubborn and are flexible. Open to conviction, and ready to attend and hearken to what might be further said.
You must desire to be taught and instructed in the way; suggesting that, upon being convinced of your mistakes, you should honestly acknowledge them.Good people are desirous of being taught of both G-d and men; they are not above instruction, or think themselves wiser than their teachers. They are willing to receive knowledge, not only from their superiors, but also from their equals, and even from those that are inferior to them.
Though some had been unkind to you, and bore very hard upon you. You promises that while they were speaking your would be silent, and not noisy, and clamorous, nor interrupt nor contradict them; but would patiently and attentively listen to what they said, and seriously consider it, and weigh it well in your mind. Should one be convinced thereby, would no longer continue your complaints unto G-d, nor murmur at His providences; and would cease reflecting on them as your friends, and no more charge them with deceit, disloyalty, and unkindness. By your silence would acknowledge your guilt and not stubborn stand in an evil matter, but lay your hand on your mouth; you’re your tongue; that is, be silent, as in Hebrew; and even take shame to yourself, and in this way confess your iniquity, and do so no more:
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; for I have often found, with pleasure and wonder, how forcible right words are. But the method you use is important, for the wrong method will never make proselytes: What doth your arguing reprove? Your hypothesis is false, your surmises are groundless, your management is weak, and your application peevish and uncharitable.
1. Fair reasoning has a commanding power, and it is a wonder if men are not conquered by it; but railing and foul language are impotent and foolish, and it is no wonder if men are exasperated and hardened by them.
2. It is the undoubted character of every honest person that they truly desirous to have their mistakes rectified, and to be made to understand wherein they has erred; and they will acknowledge that right words, when they appear to them to be so, though contrary to their former sentiments, are both forcible and acceptable.
Cause me to understand wherein I have erred - error is common to human nature; the best of people are liable to mistakes; and those are so frequent and numerous, that many of them escape notice; "who can understand his errors?" (Ps. 19:12) Wherefore wise and good people will esteem it a favour to have their errors pointed out to them, and their mistakes rectified. It becomes people of capacity and ability to take some pains to do this, since they that converts one that has erred, whether in principle or practice, saves a soul from death, and covers a multitude of sins; (James 5:19,20). Job is desirous, that if he had swallow or uttered any error in principle, any thing unbecoming the Divine Being, contrary to His perfections, or to the holy religion which he professed. Or was guilty of any in practice, in his conduct and behavior, especially under the present providence, that it might be clearly made out unto him, and he should at once frankly and freely own it, retract and relinquish it.
We can learn a lot for Job in this area.]