Job 13:7

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Will you speak unjustly on God's behalf and speak deceitfully for Him?

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  • Job 36:4 : 4 For truly, my words are not false; the one with complete knowledge is with you.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They will ban you from the synagogue. But the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.
  • Rom 3:5-8 : 5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust for bringing His wrath on us? (I am speaking in human terms.) 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? 7 If the truth of God has increased His glory through my falsehood, why am I still judged as a sinner? 8 Why not say—as some slanderously claim we say—"Let us do evil so that good may result"? Their condemnation is just.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not act deceitfully or distort the word of God, but by revealing the truth, we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.
  • Job 4:7 : 7 Consider this: Who that is innocent has ever perished? And where have the upright been destroyed?
  • Job 11:2-4 : 2 Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and should a man full of talk be justified? 3 Will your empty talk silence others? Will you mock without anyone to rebuke you? 4 For you say, 'My teaching is pure, and I have been clean in your eyes.'
  • Job 17:5 : 5 He informs his friends for a portion, but the eyes of his children will fail.
  • Job 27:4 : 4 my lips will not utter injustice, and my tongue will not speak deceit.
  • Job 32:21-22 : 21 I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I flatter any person. 22 For I do not know how to flatter; otherwise, my Maker would take me away swiftly.

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  • Job 13:8-9
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    8Will you show Him partiality or argue the case for God?

    9Would it be well when He examines you? Could you deceive Him as you deceive a mortal?

  • 13That you turn your spirit against God and let words escape from your mouth?

  • 4my lips will not utter injustice, and my tongue will not speak deceit.

  • 16But to the wicked God says: 'What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips?

  • 13Why does the wicked spurn God? He says in his heart, 'You will not call me to account.'

  • 6Listen now to my argument and pay attention to the contentions of my lips.

  • 3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty distort what is right?

  • 19You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

  • 3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands, while You favor the plans of the wicked?

  • 13Who is the person who desires life and loves many days to see good?

  • 8Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

  • 3Will your empty talk silence others? Will you mock without anyone to rebuke you?

  • 1You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease?

  • Job 15:3-5
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    3Should he argue in a way that is useless and speak words that bring no benefit?

    4But you are tearing down reverence and diminishing devotion to God.

    5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

  • 5But oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,

  • 4Is it because of your reverence that He rebukes you and brings you into judgment?

  • 7For my mouth speaks truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

  • 3But I desire to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to reason with God.

  • 1For the director, 'Do Not Destroy,' a Miktam of David.

  • 17Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be purer than his Maker?

  • Job 34:17-18
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    17Can one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the righteous and mighty one?

    18Is it right to say to a king, 'You are worthless,' or to nobles, 'You are wicked'?

  • 13Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the treacherous? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

  • 4Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open wide your mouth and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of rebellion, offspring of deceit?

  • 11Shall I acquit a person with crooked scales and a bag of deceptive weights?

  • 12Truly, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

  • 17Listen carefully to my words and let my declaration enter your ears.

  • 13We have rebelled and denied the LORD; we have turned away from following our God. We speak of oppression and revolt, conceiving lies and uttering them from the heart.

  • 3What will He give you, and what more will He do to you, deceitful tongue?

  • 13Why do you contend with Him? For He does not answer all of man's words.

  • 3Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all day long.

  • 7If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

  • 3For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

  • 20They speak of You with evil intent; Your adversaries misuse Your name.

  • Jer 7:8-9
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    8But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.

    9Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

  • 2Do you think this is justice, when you say, 'My righteousness is greater than God's'?

  • 7His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

  • 1For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of David.

  • 5Will you always be angry? Will you remain so forever? This is what you say, but you do all the evil you can.

  • 7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, 'My anger burns against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about Me as My servant Job has.'

  • 17An honest witness tells the truth, but a false witness speaks deceit.

  • 1Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and unjust people.

  • 13Your words against me have been harsh, says the Lord. But you ask, 'What have we spoken against you?

  • 3Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

  • 2How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

  • 7Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you say, ‘Thus says the LORD,’ but I have not spoken?