Verse 29
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vayne?
Referenced Verses
- Job 9:22 : 22 This is one poynt, and therefore I sayd, He destroyeth both the perfect and vngodly.
- Job 10:2 : 2 I will say vnto God: O do not condempne me, but shewe me wherefore thou contendest so with me?
- Job 10:7 : 7 Whereas thou knowest whether I shall do wickedly or no, and that none can deliuer me out of thyne hande.
- Job 10:14-17 : 14 If I dyd sinne, thou haddest an eye vnto me, and shalt not pronounce me innocent from myne offence. 15 If I haue done wickedly, wo is me therefore: If I haue done righteously, yet dare I not lift vp my head, so full am I of confusion, and see myne owne miserie. 16 And let it increase, hunte me as a lion, & returne and shew thy selfe maruaylous vpon me. 17 Thou bringest freshe witnesse against me, and thy wrath increasest thou vpon me: diuers and many are the plagues that I am in.
- Job 21:16-17 : 16 Lo, there is vtterly no goodnesse in their hande, therefore wyll I not haue to do with the counsaile of the vngodly. 17 How oft shall the candell of the wicked be put out, and their destruction come vpon them? O what sorowe shall God geue them for their part in his wrath?
- Job 21:27 : 27 Beholde, I know what ye thinke, yea and the subtiltie that ye imagine against me.
- Job 22:5-9 : 5 Is not thy wickednesse great, and thy vngratious deedes innumerable? 6 For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing. 7 To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie. 8 But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken. 10 Therefore art thou compassed about with snares, & sodenly vexed with feare. 11 Shouldest thou then see no darknesse? shoulde not the water fludde run ouer thee? 12 Is not God on high in the heauen? beholde the heyght of the starres how hie they are. 13 Wilt thou therfore say, Tushe, howe should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude? 14 Tushe, the cloudes couer him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heauen. 15 Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherin wicked men haue walked? 16 Whiche were cut downe out of time, and whose foundation was as an ouerflowing ryuer. 17 Whiche sayd vnto God, Go from vs: and asked what the almightie coulde do for them? 18 He filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the vngodly be farre from me. 19 The righteous sawe it and were glad, and the innocent laughed them to scorne. 20 Is our substaunce bewen downe? As for the remnaunt of them the fire hath consumed. 21 Therefore reconcile thee vnto God, and be at peace: so shall all thinges prospere with thee right well. 22 Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth, and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart. 23 For if thou wilt turne to the almightie, thou shalt be buyld vp, and put all vnrighteousnes from thy dwelling. 24 Thou shalt lay vp golde as plentyful as the dust, and the golde of Ophir as the flyntes of the riuers. 25 Yea almightie God his owne selfe shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer. 26 Then shalt thou haue thy delite in the almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God. 27 Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt kepe thy promises. 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establishe it vnto thee, and the light shall shine in thy wayes. 29 When the wicked be cast downe, thou shalt say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person. 30 The innocent shal deliuer the Ilande: it shalbe preserued by the purenesse of thyne handes.
- Ps 37:33 : 33 God wyll not leaue him in his hande: nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged.
- Ps 73:13 : 13 Truely I haue cleansed my heart in vayne: and wasshed my handes in innocencie.
- Jer 2:35 : 35 Yet darest thou say, I am without sinne and giltlesse, Tushe, his wrath can not come vpon me: Beholde, I wyll reason with thee, because thou darest say, I haue not offended.