Job 34:23

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For He does not need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

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  • Ps 119:137 : 137 You are righteous, LORD, and Your judgments are upright.
  • Dan 9:7-9 : 7 Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but shame covers our faces today—to the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where You have driven them because of their unfaithfulness to You. 8 O LORD, shame covers us—our kings, our rulers, and our ancestors—because we have sinned against You. 9 The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against Him.
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its maker, 'Why have you made me like this?'
  • Isa 42:3 : 3 A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully bring forth justice.
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 This is what the LORD says: ‘What fault did your ancestors find in me that they strayed so far from me? They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves.
  • Ezra 9:13 : 13 After everything that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and great guilt—though you, our God, have punished us less than our sins deserved and have given us a remnant like this—
  • Job 9:32-33 : 32 For He is not a man, like me, that I might answer Him, that we might go to court together. 33 There is no mediator between us, who might lay his hand on us both.
  • Job 11:6 : 6 and that He would declare to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom is double what you imagine. Know then that God exacts less of you than your guilt deserves.
  • Job 11:11 : 11 For He knows worthless men; He sees iniquity, even when He does not consider it.
  • Job 16:21 : 21 Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as one does for his neighbor.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There the upright could reason with him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
  • Job 34:10-12 : 10 Therefore, you men of understanding, listen to me: Far be it from God to do evil, and from the Almighty to do wrong. 11 For He repays a man for his deeds and brings upon him what his conduct deserves. 12 Truly, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

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  • Job 34:9-13
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    9 For he has said, 'A man gains nothing by delighting in God.'

    10 Therefore, you men of understanding, listen to me: Far be it from God to do evil, and from the Almighty to do wrong.

    11 For He repays a man for his deeds and brings upon him what his conduct deserves.

    12 Truly, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

    13 Who appointed Him over the earth? Or who gave Him charge over the whole world?

  • 2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before you.

  • Job 33:12-13
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    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.

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

  • Job 9:32-33
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    32 For He is not a man, like me, that I might answer Him, that we might go to court together.

    33 There is no mediator between us, who might lay his hand on us both.

  • 33 The LORD will not leave him in the hands of the wicked or condemn him when he is judged.

  • Job 37:23-24
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    23 The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is great in power, and in justice and abundant righteousness, He does not oppress.

    24 Therefore, people fear Him; He does not regard any who are wise in their own hearts.

  • 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.

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

  • 24 He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets others in their place.

  • Job 34:21-22
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    21 For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees all his steps.

    22 There is no darkness or deep shadow where evildoers can hide themselves.

  • 33 For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.

  • Job 33:26-28
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    26 They pray to God, and He accepts them; they see His face with joy, and He restores His righteousness to them.

    27 They sing before others and say, 'I have sinned and perverted what was right, but it was not repaid to me.'

    28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, and my life will see the light.

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

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

  • 20 Behold, God will not reject the blameless, nor will He support the hand of evildoers.

  • 22 Yet God drags away the mighty with His power; though they rise up, they do not trust in their own lives.

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

  • 23 Who has appointed His path for Him, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'?

  • 5 If a man is righteous and does what is just and right,

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

  • 25 'Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?'

  • 14 Even though you say you do not see Him, your case is before Him, and you must wait for Him.

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

  • 6 He does not keep the wicked alive but gives justice to the afflicted.

  • 23 These also belong to the wise: showing partiality in judgment is not good.

  • 17 Can one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the righteous and mighty one?

  • 23 But if there is a messenger for them, a mediator, one among a thousand, to declare to them what is right,

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

  • 16 None of the sins they have committed will be remembered against them. They have done what is just and right; they will surely live.

  • 6 and that He would declare to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom is double what you imagine. Know then that God exacts less of you than your guilt deserves.

  • 3 If someone desired to argue with Him, they could not answer Him once in a thousand times.

  • 23 When a scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

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    8 But the LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.

  • 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?

  • 7 If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

  • 1 If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court for judgment, the judges shall justify the innocent and condemn the guilty.

  • 22 It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power.