Verse 3

For you ask, 'What advantage is it to me? What do I gain by not sinning?'

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 34:9 : 9 For he has said, 'A man gains nothing by delighting in God.'
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and washed my hands in innocence.
  • 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 9:21-22 : 21 Though I am blameless, I do not even understand myself; I despise my life. 22 It makes no difference; therefore, I declare: He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.
  • 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.
  • Job 10:15 : 15 If I am wicked, woe to me; if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head, filled with shame and seeing my misery.
  • Job 21:15 : 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we profit if we entreat him?
  • Job 31:2 : 2 For what is the portion from God above, or the inheritance from the Almighty on high?