Verse 9

For he has said, 'A man gains nothing by delighting in God.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 35:3 : 3 For you ask, 'What advantage is it to me? What do I gain by not sinning?'
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 You have said, 'Serving God is futile. What profit is there in keeping his requirements or walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?
  • Job 9:22-23 : 22 It makes no difference; therefore, I declare: He destroys both the blameless and the wicked. 23 When a scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
  • Job 9:30-31 : 30 Even if I washed myself with snow and cleansed my hands with soap, 31 You would plunge me into a pit, and even my clothes would abhor me.
  • Ps 37:4 : 4 Take delight in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
  • Job 21:14-16 : 14 Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us! We have no desire to know your ways.' 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we profit if we entreat him? 16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?
  • Job 22:17 : 17 They said to God, 'Depart from us! What can the Almighty do to us?'
  • Job 27:10 : 10 Does he delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?