Job 32:22

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For I do not know how to flatter; otherwise, my Maker would take me away swiftly.

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  • Job 17:5 : 5 He informs his friends for a portion, but the eyes of his children will fail.
  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity. 3 Everyone speaks falsehood to their neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 For am I now trying to win the approval of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For we never used words of flattery, as you know, nor did we put forth a pretext for greed—God is our witness.

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  • Job 32:20-21
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    20Let me speak so that I may find relief; let me open my lips and answer.

    21I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I flatter any person.

  • Job 32:13-14
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    13Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.’

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

  • 3I will bring my knowledge from far away and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

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

  • Job 9:34-35
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    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.

  • 23For I have always feared disaster from God, and because of His majesty, I could not do such a thing.

  • 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.'

  • Prov 30:8-9
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    8Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.

    9Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the Lord?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

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

  • 23I know You will bring me back to death, to the house appointed for all the living.

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

  • Job 31:28-29
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    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—

  • 22For only a few years will come, and the path I take will never return.

  • Job 13:19-21
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    19Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

    20Only grant me these two things, so that I will not hide myself from You:

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

  • 4My heart grew hot within me; as I meditated, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

  • 5Far be it from me to justify you. Until my dying breath, I will not set aside my integrity.

  • 3You asked, 'Who is this that obscures counsel without knowledge?' Surely, I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

  • 22Have I said, ‘Give to me,’ or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?

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    20Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge?

    21To make you know the certainty of true words, so that you can give truthful answers to those who send you?

  • 16I despise my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

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

  • 19God shows no partiality to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of His hands.

  • 15If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed Your children.

  • 7You know that I am not wicked, and that no one can deliver me from Your hand.

  • 11Extend your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright in heart.

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

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

  • 6let God weigh me with honest scales, and He will know my integrity.

  • 16I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You. I have not desired the day of disaster. You know what has come from my lips; it was before You.

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

  • 5For Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.'

  • 1A song of ascents. LORD, my heart is not proud, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with matters too great or too wonderful for me.

  • 5If indeed you are exalting yourselves over me and using my disgrace to argue against me,

  • 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

  • 6Do not exalt yourself in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great.

  • 12Destruction is in its midst; oppression and deceit do not leave its streets.

  • 12Smoke comes out of his nostrils, like a boiling pot heated over burning rushes.

  • 16For I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.

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

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

  • 3I have not learned wisdom, nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One.

  • 4A perverse heart will depart from me; I will not associate with evil.