Job 35:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 12:36-37 : 36 And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said. 37 For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;
  • Job 9:17 : 17 For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.
  • Job 10:7 : 7 Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?
  • Job 16:17 : 17 Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.
  • Job 19:6-7 : 6 Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net. 7 Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.
  • Job 27:2-6 : 2 By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter; 3 (For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;) 4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false. 5 Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness. 6 I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.
  • Job 34:5 : 5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

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