Job 31:14

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what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when He calls me to account?

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  • Job 9:32 : 32 For He is not a man, like me, that I might answer Him, that we might go to court together.
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.
  • Ps 7:6 : 6 then let my enemy chase me, overtake me, trample my life to the ground, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
  • Ps 9:19 : 19 For the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
  • Ps 10:12-15 : 12 Arise, Lord! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the afflicted. 13 Why does the wicked spurn God? He says in his heart, 'You will not call me to account.' 14 But You have seen; for You observe trouble and grief, to repay it by Your hand. The helpless entrusts themselves to You; You are the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer! Call him to account for his wickedness until it is no more found.
  • Ps 44:21 : 21 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
  • Ps 76:9 : 9 From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still.
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before you.
  • Isa 10:3 : 3 What will you do on the day of punishment, when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
  • Hos 9:7 : 7 The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have arrived—let Israel know it! The prophet is called foolish, the inspired man is viewed as insane, because of the magnitude of your sin and great hostility.
  • Mic 7:4 : 4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge. The day your watchmen foretold has come, the day of your visitation. Now confusion is upon them.
  • Zech 2:13 : 13 Behold, I will wave my hand over them, and they will become plunder for their servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me.
  • Mark 7:2 : 2 They saw some of His disciples eating bread with unclean, that is, unwashed hands, and they criticized them.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 13 If I have denied justice to my male or female servants when they had a grievance against me,

  • 15 Did not the same One who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same God form us both within our mothers?

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

  • Job 9:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14 How then can I answer Him? I would choose my words carefully in His presence.

    15 Even if I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I could only plead for mercy with my judge.

  • 32 For He is not a man, like me, that I might answer Him, that we might go to court together.

  • 22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You respond to me.

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

  • 5 If you can, answer me; prepare yourself before me and take your stand.

  • 31 Who will confront him with his conduct? Who repays him for what he has done?

  • 4 Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

  • 19 Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

  • Job 14:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13 If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!

    14 If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.

    15 You will call, and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.

  • 9 Will God listen to his cry when distress comes upon him?

  • 32 'Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.'

  • 29 Since I am already condemned, why should I labor in vain?

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

  • 5 I would know the words he would answer me with and understand what he would say to me.

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than a man.

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

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

  • Job 7:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?

    21 Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.

  • Job 38:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3 Prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

    4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

  • Job 40:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

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

    3 Then Job answered the LORD and said:

    4 Behold, I am insignificant. What can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

  • 1 Then Job answered and said:

  • Job 15:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

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

    14 What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of a woman, that he could be righteous?

  • 14 But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.

  • 4 You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.'

  • 2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.

  • 1 Then Job answered and said:

  • 29 When He gives quietness, who can condemn? When He hides His face, who can behold Him? Yet He watches over both nation and man alike.

  • 1 Then Job answered the LORD and said:

  • 19 If it is a matter of strength, He is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

  • 17 What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,

  • 15 That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid of him.

  • 1 Then Job answered and said:

  • 7 There the upright could reason with him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

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

  • 6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against God? Even if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?

  • 1 Then Job responded and said:

  • 28 then this too would be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God above.

  • 14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands?

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