Job 35:2

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

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  • Matt 12:36-37 : 36 I tell you, on the Day of Judgment, people will give an account for every idle word they speak. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 He said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?'
  • Job 9:17 : 17 For He crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.
  • Job 10:7 : 7 You know that I am not wicked, and that no one can deliver me from Your hand.
  • Job 16:17 : 17 Yet my hands are free of violence, and my prayer is pure.
  • Job 19:6-7 : 6 know then that God has wronged me and surrounded me with His net. 7 Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.
  • Job 27:2-6 : 2 As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, 3 as long as my breath remains in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, 4 my lips will not utter injustice, and my tongue will not speak deceit. 5 Far be it from me to justify you. Until my dying breath, I will not set aside my integrity. 6 I will hold on to my righteousness and not let it go; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
  • Job 34:5 : 5 For Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.'
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

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    1 Then Elihu answered and said:

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

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

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    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 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.

  • Job 22:2-5
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    2 Can a man benefit God? Even a wise man benefits only himself.

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

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

    5 Is not your wickedness great and your iniquities without end?

  • Job 35:6-8
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    6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against God? Even if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?

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

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

  • Job 4:17
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    17 Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be purer than his Maker?

  • Jer 2:35
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    35 Yet you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned away from me.' But I will bring you to judgment because you say, 'I have not sinned.'

  • Job 11:4
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    4 For you say, 'My teaching is pure, and I have been clean in your eyes.'

  • Job 19:5
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    5 If indeed you are exalting yourselves over me and using my disgrace to argue against me,

  • Job 36:23
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    23 Who has appointed His path for Him, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'?

  • Job 14:3
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    3 Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

  • Job 15:13-14
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    13 That you turn your spirit against God and let words escape from your mouth?

    14 What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of a woman, that he could be righteous?

  • Job 10:6
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    6 Do You search for my iniquity and investigate my sin?

  • Job 42:7
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    7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, 'My anger burns against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about Me as My servant Job has.'

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    1 Then Elihu answered and said:

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    2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.

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

  • Job 32:1-2
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    1 So these three men stopped answering Job because he considered himself righteous in his own eyes.

    2 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.

  • Job 8:3
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    3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty distort what is right?

  • Job 4:6
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    6 Isn't your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?

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    21 These things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought I was like you. But I will rebuke you and lay the case before your eyes.

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    2 Truly, I know this is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

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    1 Elihu continued and said:

    2 Wait a little longer for me, and I will show you that there is still more to say on God's behalf.

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    3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to reason with God.

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    33 Should God repay you according to your terms, because you reject His judgment? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you understand.

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    32 If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to justify you.

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    7 Will you speak unjustly on God's behalf and speak deceitfully for Him?

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    2 Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let the one who argues with God answer.

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    25 The LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.

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    1 You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease?

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

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    17 But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

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    25 Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' Hear me, O house of Israel: Is my way unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

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    8 Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard your words.

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    2 For what is the portion from God above, or the inheritance from the Almighty on high?

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