Job 34:9

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For he has said, 'A man gains nothing by delighting in God.'

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  • Job 35:3 : 3 For you ask, 'What advantage is it to me? What do I gain by not sinning?'
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 You have said, 'Serving God is futile. What profit is there in keeping his requirements or walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?
  • Job 9:22-23 : 22 It makes no difference; therefore, I declare: He destroys both the blameless and the wicked. 23 When a scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
  • Job 9:30-31 : 30 Even if I washed myself with snow and cleansed my hands with soap, 31 You would plunge me into a pit, and even my clothes would abhor me.
  • Ps 37:4 : 4 Take delight in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
  • Job 21:14-16 : 14 Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us! We have no desire to know your ways.' 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we profit if we entreat him? 16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?
  • Job 22:17 : 17 They said to God, 'Depart from us! What can the Almighty do to us?'
  • Job 27:10 : 10 Does he delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 22:2-3
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    2Can a man benefit God? Even a wise man benefits only himself.

    3Is it a delight to the Almighty if you are righteous? Or does He gain anything if your ways are blameless?

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9What does the worker gain from all their toil?

  • Job 21:14-16
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    76%

    14Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us! We have no desire to know your ways.'

    15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we profit if we entreat him?

    16But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Job 34:10
    75%

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

  • Job 35:2-3
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    75%

    2Do you think this is justice, when you say, 'My righteousness is greater than God's'?

    3For you ask, 'What advantage is it to me? What do I gain by not sinning?'

  • Mal 3:14
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    14You have said, 'Serving God is futile. What profit is there in keeping his requirements or walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?

  • Job 33:27
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    27They sing before others and say, 'I have sinned and perverted what was right, but it was not repaid to me.'

  • Job 27:9-10
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    74%

    9Will God listen to his cry when distress comes upon him?

    10Does he delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12I know that there is nothing better for people than to rejoice and to do good while they live.

  • Job 15:3
    73%

    3Should he argue in a way that is useless and speak words that bring no benefit?

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a person to rejoice in their work, for that is their lot. Who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

  • Job 21:21
    73%

    21For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

  • Job 34:8
    73%

    8He walks in company with evildoers and associates with the wicked.

  • Eccl 1:3
    73%

    3What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?

  • Job 34:23
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    23For He does not need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

  • Eccl 2:23-26
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    72%

    23All their days are full of sorrow, and their work is filled with grief; even at night their mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.

    24There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in their work. This too, I realized, is from the hand of God.

    25For who can eat or who can enjoy life apart from Him?

    26To the person who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, He gives the task of gathering and storing wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.

  • Job 22:26
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    26For then you will take delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

  • Job 10:3
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    3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands, while You favor the plans of the wicked?

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

  • Eccl 7:14
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    14When times are good, be joyful; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

  • Job 33:13
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    13Why do you contend with Him? For He does not answer all of man's words.

  • Job 36:19
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    19Will your cry for help set things in order in distress, or will your exertions of strength suffice?

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • Job 11:11
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    11For He knows worthless men; He sees iniquity, even when He does not consider it.

  • Ps 10:13
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    13Why does the wicked spurn God? He says in his heart, 'You will not call me to account.'

  • Job 35:8
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    8Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only a child of humanity.

  • Job 6:10
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    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.

  • Eccl 2:1-2
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    70%

    1I said to myself, 'Come now, I will test you with pleasure to see what is good.' But behold, this too was meaningless.

    2I said of laughter, 'It is madness,' and of joy, 'What does it accomplish?'

  • Prov 19:3
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    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Ps 10:11
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    11He says in his heart, 'God has forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see it.'

  • Job 7:17
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    17What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,

  • Isa 57:12
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    12I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you.

  • Job 13:9
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    9Would it be well when He examines you? Could you deceive Him as you deceive a mortal?

  • Job 8:19
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    19Surely this is the joy of their way, and out of the dust, others will spring up.

  • Job 22:17
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    17They said to God, 'Depart from us! What can the Almighty do to us?'

  • Ps 10:4
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    4In his pride, the wicked man says, 'He will not seek; there is no God in all his thoughts.'

  • Lam 3:39
    69%

    39Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?

  • Eccl 4:8
    69%

    8There was a man all alone. He had no son or brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. 'For whom am I toiling,' he asked, 'and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?' This too is meaningless—a miserable business!

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16Throughout his days, he eats in darkness, with great frustration, sickness, and anger.