Job 13:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.
  • Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain. 8 Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
  • Job 12:16 : 16 With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;
  • Job 17:2 : 2 Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.
  • Job 34:36 : 36 May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.
  • Ps 44:21 : 21 Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.
  • Ps 139:23 : 23 O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:
  • Isa 28:22 : 22 And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.

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    3Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

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    3What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

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  • Job 15:11-13
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    3Ten times now you have made sport of me; it gives you no sense of shame to do me wrong.

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