Job 11:6

American Standard Version (1901)

And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

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  • Ezra 9:13 : 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such a remnant,
  • Job 9:4 : 4 [ He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?--
  • Job 15:5 : 5 For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
  • Job 15:8 : 8 Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
  • Job 15:11 : 11 Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show them his covenant.
  • Ps 103:10 : 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, Nor rewarded us after our iniquities.
  • Ps 106:43-46 : 43 Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry: 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. 46 He made them also to be pitied Of all those that carried them captive.
  • Lam 3:22 : 22 [ It is of] Jehovah's lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
  • Dan 2:28 : 28 but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and he hath made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:
  • Dan 2:47 : 47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou hast been able to reveal this secret.
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world. [
  • Rom 16:25-26 : 25 Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal, 26 but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known unto all the nations unto obedience of faith:
  • 1 Cor 2:9-9 : 9 but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, And [which] entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him. 10 But unto us God revealed [them] through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God.
  • Eph 3:5 : 5 which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
  • Deut 29:29 : 29 The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

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  • 6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

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  • 3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • 17I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:

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  • 2Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [Or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,

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  • 3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • 4Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

  • 14Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?

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