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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    80%

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

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

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

  • Job 31:22
    79%

    22then 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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    78%

    34Let Him remove His rod from me, and let His terror not frighten me.

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

  • Job 3:25-26
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    76%

    25For the thing I dread comes upon me, and what I fear befalls me.

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

  • Ps 55:4-5
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    4From 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.

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

  • Job 31:24
    76%

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

  • Job 31:34
    75%

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

  • Job 13:21
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    21Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.

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

    10It 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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    74%

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

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

  • Job 9:28
    74%

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

  • Job 4:14
    74%

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

  • Job 21:6
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    6When I remember, I am dismayed, and trembling seizes my body.

  • Job 33:7
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    7See, no fear of me should terrify you, and the pressure I bring will not be heavy upon you.

  • Job 16:12
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    12I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target.

  • Job 37:1
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    1Indeed, my heart trembles at this and leaps from its place.

  • Ps 39:10
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    10I am mute; I will not open my mouth because You have done this.

  • Deut 32:27
    73%

    27but 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.'

  • Lam 3:11
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    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • Isa 21:4
    72%

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

  • Job 31:12
    72%

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

  • Job 13:14-15
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    72%

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

    15Though 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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    72%

    9He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

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

  • Prov 1:27
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    27When your terror comes like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

  • Job 6:13
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    13Indeed, there is no help in me, and ability has been driven from me.

  • Job 6:4
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    4For 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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    6Would he contend with me in his great power? No, he would instead give me strength.

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

  • Job 41:9-10
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    72%

    9They are joined to one another; they stick together and cannot be separated.

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

  • Ps 31:22
    71%

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

  • Job 15:24
    71%

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

  • Hab 3:16
    71%

    16I 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.

  • Ps 73:16
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    16When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply.

  • Ps 88:16
    71%

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

  • Lam 3:18
    71%

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

  • Job 10:20
    71%

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

  • Job 41:25
    71%

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

  • Job 30:15
    71%

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

  • Lam 1:13
    71%

    13From 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.

  • Ps 31:11
    71%

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