Verse 2

Do you think this is justice, when you say, 'My righteousness is greater than God's'?

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 12:36-37 : 36 I tell you, on the Day of Judgment, people will give an account for every idle word they speak. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 He said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?'
  • Job 9:17 : 17 For He crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.
  • Job 10:7 : 7 You know that I am not wicked, and that no one can deliver me from Your hand.
  • Job 16:17 : 17 Yet my hands are free of violence, and my prayer is pure.
  • Job 19:6-7 : 6 know then that God has wronged me and surrounded me with His net. 7 Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.
  • Job 27:2-6 : 2 As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, 3 as long as my breath remains in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, 4 my lips will not utter injustice, and my tongue will not speak deceit. 5 Far be it from me to justify you. Until my dying breath, I will not set aside my integrity. 6 I will hold on to my righteousness and not let it go; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
  • Job 34:5 : 5 For Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.'
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?