Job 35:3

American Standard Version (1901)

That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 34:9 : 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
  • Job 9:21-22 : 21 I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life. 22 It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
  • Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
  • Job 10:15 : 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.
  • Job 21:15 : 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
  • Job 31:2 : 2 For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?

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    2Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

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    27He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:

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

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    9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.

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    20If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?

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