Job 22:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:3 : 3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
  • Eccl 12:14 : 14 God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.
  • Isa 3:14-15 : 14 The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force. 15 By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.
  • Job 7:12 : 12 Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?
  • Job 9:19 : 19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?
  • Job 9:32 : 32 For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.
  • Job 16:21 : 21 So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.
  • Job 19:29 : 29 Be in fear of the sword, for the sword is the punishment for such things, so that you may be certain that there is a judge.
  • Job 23:6-7 : 6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me. 7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
  • Job 34:23 : 23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.
  • Ps 39:11 : 11 By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
  • Ps 76:6 : 6 At the voice of your wrath, O God of Jacob, deep sleep has overcome carriage and horse.
  • Ps 80:16 : 16 It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.
  • Ps 130:3-4 : 3 O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free? 4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.

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    7Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

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    10He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret.

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    5Is not your evil-doing great? and there is no end to your sins.

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    23For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

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    2Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

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    6Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?

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    4Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

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    5If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

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    31Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?

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    17May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

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    2Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

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    32For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

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