Job 22:17

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They said to God, 'Depart from us! What can the Almighty do to us?'

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  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us! We have no desire to know your ways.' 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we profit if we entreat him?
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 Offer right sacrifices and trust in the LORD.
  • Isa 30:11 : 11 'Leave the way, turn aside from the path, and stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel!'
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 You have said, 'Serving God is futile. What profit is there in keeping his requirements or walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?
  • Matt 8:29 : 29 Suddenly they shouted, 'What do You want with us, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the appointed time?'
  • Matt 8:34 : 34 Then the whole city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  • Job 21:10 : 10 Their bulls breed without failure; their cows give birth and do not miscarry.

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  • Job 21:14-16
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    14Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us! We have no desire to know your ways.'

    15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we profit if we entreat him?

    16But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Job 22:15-16
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    15Will you keep to the ancient path that wicked men have walked?

    16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundation was swept away by a flood.

  • 18Yet it was He who filled their houses with good things, though the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • 2For what is the portion from God above, or the inheritance from the Almighty on high?

  • 11They say, 'How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?'

  • Job 9:12-13
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    12If He snatches away, who can stop Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?

    13God will not turn back His anger; even the helpers of Rahab bowed beneath Him.

  • 23The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is great in power, and in justice and abundant righteousness, He does not oppress.

  • Job 34:9-10
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    9For he has said, 'A man gains nothing by delighting in God.'

    10Therefore, you men of understanding, listen to me: Far be it from God to do evil, and from the Almighty to do wrong.

  • 22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, who judges even the exalted ones?

  • 27Because they turned away from following Him and did not regard any of His ways,

  • 11'Leave the way, turn aside from the path, and stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel!'

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

  • 11Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me as far as Edom?

  • 22It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power.

  • 11Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on; but they are guilty—this strength of theirs is their god.

  • Job 11:7-8
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    7Can you search out the depths of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?

    8They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

  • 2Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let the one who argues with God answer.

  • 4You who tear yourself in anger—for your sake should the earth be abandoned, and the rock moved from its place?

  • 19They spoke against God, saying, 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?'

  • 21Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.

  • 21Surely these are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of one who does not know God.

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

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

  • 15“Go away! You are unclean!” people shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” When they fled and wandered, the nations said, “They can stay here no longer.”

  • 17You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you ask, 'How have we wearied Him?' By saying, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and He delights in them,' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

  • 37And He will say: 'Where are their gods? The rock they sought refuge in?

  • 23Who has appointed His path for Him, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'?

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    3Let us break their chains and throw off their ropes from us.

  • Job 8:3-4
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    3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty distort what is right?

    4If your children have sinned against Him, He gave them over to the consequences of their transgressions.

  • 10If He passes by, imprisons, or calls an assembly, who can turn Him back?

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    8My eyes grow weak from sorrow; they fail because of all my adversaries.

  • 13Who appointed Him over the earth? Or who gave Him charge over the whole world?

  • 13This is the portion allocated by God to a wicked man, the inheritance ruthless men will receive from the Almighty:

  • 10Does he delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?

  • 15We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.

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

  • 11'See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance.'

  • 19He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me, for many are with me.

  • 9Who knows? God may turn and relent and withdraw His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

  • 10Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.

  • 29Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,

  • 14To him who is despairing, kindness should come from his friend, or he will forsake the fear of the Almighty.

  • 12Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,