Job 31:23

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For I have always feared disaster from God, and because of His majesty, I could not do such a thing.

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  • Job 13:11 : 11 Wouldn't His majesty terrify you, and the dread of Him fall upon you?
  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembles in fear of You, and I stand in awe of Your judgments.
  • Isa 13:6 : 6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
  • Joel 1:15 : 15 Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
  • 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.
  • Job 20:23 : 23 When he is about to fill his stomach, God will unleash his burning anger against him and rain it upon him while he eats.
  • Job 21:20 : 20 Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink from the wrath of the Almighty.
  • Job 40:9 : 9 Do you have an arm like God's, and can your voice thunder like His?
  • Job 42:5-6 : 5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You. 6 Therefore, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
  • Ps 76:7 : 7 At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot and horse fell into a deep sleep.
  • Gen 39:9 : 9 "No one in this house is greater than I am. He has not withheld anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?"

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 23:15-17
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    15 That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid of him.

    16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

    17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness or by the deep gloom that covers my face.

  • 22 then let my shoulder fall from its socket, and let my arm be broken off at the joint.

  • Job 9:34-35
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    34 Let Him remove His rod from me, and let His terror not frighten me.

    35 Then I would speak without fear of Him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

  • Job 3:25-26
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    25 For the thing I dread comes upon me, and what I fear befalls me.

    26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, but turmoil comes.

  • Ps 55:4-5
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    4 From the voice of the enemy, and from the oppression of the wicked—for they bring down trouble on me and in their anger they hate me.

    5 My heart trembles within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

  • 24 If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my security,

  • 34 because I so feared the crowd and the contempt of clans terrified me that I kept silent and would not go outside—

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

  • Job 6:9-10
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    9 That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!

    10 It would still be my comfort— I would even exult in the midst of unrelenting pain— for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 31:28-29
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    28 then this too would be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God above.

    29 If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him—

  • 28 I still dread all my suffering, for I know You will not hold me innocent.

  • 14 fear and trembling came upon me, and made all my bones shake.

  • 6 When I remember, I am dismayed, and trembling seizes my body.

  • 7 See, no fear of me should terrify you, and the pressure I bring will not be heavy upon you.

  • 12 I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target.

  • 1 Indeed, my heart trembles at this and leaps from its place.

  • 10 I am mute; I will not open my mouth because You have done this.

  • 27 but I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say, 'Our own hand has triumphed; it was not the LORD who did all this.'

  • 11 He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • 4 My heart staggers; terror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling for me.

  • 12 It is a fire that burns to destruction, consuming all my harvest.

  • Job 13:14-15
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    14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands?

    15 Though He slay me, yet I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will defend my ways before Him.

  • Job 19:9-10
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    9 He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

    10 He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

  • 27 When your terror comes like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

  • 13 Indeed, there is no help in me, and ability has been driven from me.

  • 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison. The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

  • Job 23:6-7
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    6 Would he contend with me in his great power? No, he would instead give me strength.

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

  • Job 41:9-10
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    9 They are joined to one another; they stick together and cannot be separated.

    10 His sneezes flash forth light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

  • 22 Blessed be the LORD, for he has shown his wondrous love to me in a fortified city.

  • 24 Distress and anguish terrify him; they overpower him like a king prepared for battle.

  • 16 I heard, and my heart pounded; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay crept into my bones, and I trembled where I stood. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come upon the nation invading us.

  • 16 When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply.

  • 16 I have been afflicted and close to death since my youth; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.

  • 18 So I say, 'My strength is gone, and so is my hope from the LORD.'

  • 20 Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

  • 25 Nothing on earth is his equal, a creature without fear.

  • 15 Terrors are turned upon me; they pursue my dignity like the wind, and my salvation has vanished like a cloud.

  • 13 From on high he sent fire; it burns in my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

  • 11 My life is consumed with grief and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasting away.