Job 32:2

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Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, from the family of Ram, became very angry. His anger burned against Job for justifying himself rather than God.

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  • Gen 22:21 : 21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
  • Job 27:5 : 5 Far be it from me to justify you. Until my dying breath, I will not set aside my integrity.
  • Job 35:2 : 2 Do you think this is justice, when you say, 'My righteousness is greater than God's'?
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
  • Ps 69:9 : 9 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s sons.
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 Looking around at them with anger and deeply distressed at the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.
  • Luke 10:29 : 29 But wishing to justify himself, he asked Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?'
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
  • Job 30:21 : 21 You have turned cruel to me; with Your strong hand, You oppose me.
  • Job 34:5-6 : 5 For Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.' 6 Though I am innocent, I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I have committed no offense.
  • Job 34:17-18 : 17 Can one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the righteous and mighty one? 18 Is it right to say to a king, 'You are worthless,' or to nobles, 'You are wicked'?
  • Job 10:3 : 3 Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands, while You favor the plans of the wicked?
  • Job 27:2 : 2 As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

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