Job 25:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But how may a man compared vnto God, be iustified? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:17-19 : 17 Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be purer then his maker? 18 Beholde, he founde not trueth in his seruauntes, and in his angels there was folly: 19 Howe much more in them that dwel in houses of clay, and whose foundation is but dust, which shall be consumed as it were with a moth?
  • Job 9:2 : 2 I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified?
  • Job 15:14-16 : 14 What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, whereby he might be righteous? 15 Beholde he doth not trust his sainctes, yea, the very heauens are not cleane in his sight: 16 How much more then an abhominable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse like water.
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 If thou O God wylt marke what is done amisse: O Lorde who can abide it?
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified.
  • Rom 5:1 : 1 Therefore being iustified by fayth, we are at peace with god, thorowe our Lorde Iesus Christe:
  • 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we knowledge our sinnes, he is faythfull & iust to forgeue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from all vnryghteousnesse.
  • Zech 13:1 : 1 In that time shall the house of Dauid and the citezins of Hierusalem haue an open wel to washe of sinne and vncleannesse.
  • Ps 51:5 : 5 Beholde, I was ingendred in iniquitie: and in sinne my mother conceaued me.
  • Job 14:3-4 : 3 Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudgement? 4 Who can make it cleane that commeth of an vncleane thing? no bodye.
  • Rom 3:19-20 : 19 Nowe we knowe that what thynges so euer the lawe saith, it saith it to them which are vnder the lawe: That all mouthes maye be stopped, and that al ye world may be indaungered to God. 20 Because that by the deedes of the lawe, there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght. For by the lawe, commeth the knowledge of sinne.
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Iesus Christe, which is a faythfull witnesse, and first begotten of the dead, and Lorde ouer the kynges of the earth: Unto hym that loued vs, and wasshed vs from our sinnes in his owne blood,
  • Eph 2:3 : 3 Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe, fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe, and of the mynde, & were by nature the chyldren of wrath, euen as other:
  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And such were some of you: but ye are wasshed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are iustified in the name of the Lord Iesus, and by the spirite of our God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 15:13-16
    4 verses
    87%

    13That thy minde is so pufte vp against God, and lettest such wordes go out of thy mouth?

    14What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, whereby he might be righteous?

    15Beholde he doth not trust his sainctes, yea, the very heauens are not cleane in his sight:

    16How much more then an abhominable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse like water.

  • 17Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be purer then his maker?

  • Job 14:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudgement?

    4Who can make it cleane that commeth of an vncleane thing? no bodye.

  • Job 25:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5Beholde, the moone shyneth nothing in comparison to him, and the starres are vncleane in his sight.

    6Howe much more then man that is but corruption, and the sonne of man which is but a worme?

  • Job 9:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified?

    3If he wil argue with hym, he can not aunswere hym one thing of a thousande.

  • 3Is there any number of his armies, and vpon whom shal not his light arise?

  • 9Who can say, I haue made my heart cleane, I am pure from my sinne?

  • 1Man that is borne of woman, hath but a short time to lyue, and is full of miserie.

  • 3For thou sayest: what aduauntage wyll it be vnto thee, and what profite shall I haue of my sinne?

  • 14When God will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him?

  • 4For thou hast sayde, my doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thyne eyes.

  • 9I am cleane without any fault, I am innocent, & there is no wickednesse in me.

  • Job 9:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29If I be wicked, why then labour I in vayne?

    30If I washe my selfe with snowe water, and make myne handes neuer so cleane at the well:

  • 2And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified.

  • Job 22:3-5
    3 verses
    69%

    3Is it any aduauntage to the almightie that thou art righteous? or shall it profite him that thou makest thy wayes perfect?

    4Is he afrayde to reproue thee, and to step foorth with thee into iudgement?

    5Is not thy wickednesse great, and thy vngratious deedes innumerable?

  • 3Wherfore are we counted as beastes, and reputed so vyle in your sight?

  • 23Who wyll reproue him of his way? Who wil say vnto him, Thou hast done wrong?

  • Ps 51:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4Agaynst thee, only agaynst thee I haue sinned and done this euyll in thy sight: that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying, and founde pure when thou art iudged.

    5Beholde, I was ingendred in iniquitie: and in sinne my mother conceaued me.

  • Job 35:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6If thou hast sinned, what hast thou done against him? If thyne offences be many, what hast thou done vnto him?

    7If thou be righteous, what geuest thou him? or what wyll he receaue of thyne hande?

  • 4Euen he that hath cleane handes, and a pure heart: & that hath not taken his soule in vayne, nor sworne disceiptfully.

  • 2For how great a portion shall I haue of God? and what inheritaunce from the almightie on hye?

  • 3Let the day perishe wherin I was borne, and the night in the whiche it was sayd, There is a man childe conceaued.

  • 17What is man that thou doest magnifie him? and that thou settest thy heart vpon him?

  • 8Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?

  • 4Hast thou fleshy eyes? or doest thou loke as a man loketh?

  • 5But if a man be iust, and do that which is lawfull and right:

  • Job 8:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3Doth God paruert the thing that is lawfull? or doth the almightie destroy the thing that is right?

    4For seyng that thy sonnes sinned against him, did not he send them into the place of their iniquitie?

  • 23For God wil not lay vpon man more then he hath sinned, that he should enter into iudgement with him.

  • 7Consider I pray thee who euer perished beyng an innocent? or when were the godly destroyed?

  • 6Euen as Dauid describeth the blessednesse of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes:

  • 6We are all as an vncleane thing, and all our righteousnesse are as tilthy ragges: we fal euerychone as the leafe, for our sinnes cary vs away lyke the winde.

  • 2Washe me throughly from myne iniquitie: and clense me from my sinne.

  • 12There is a generation that thynke them selues cleane, and yet is not cleansed from their filthinesse.

  • 3Either if he touche any vncleannesse of man, whatsoeuer vncleannesse it be that a man is wont to be defiled withall, and is not ware of it, and commeth to ye knowledge of it, he hath trespassed.

  • 12Who can knowe his owne errours? Oh cleanse thou me from those that I am not priuie of.

  • 6God forbyd. For howe then shall God iudge the worlde?

  • 21For men see not the light that shineth in the cloudes: but the winde passeth and cleanseth them.

  • 13Thou art of pure eyes, and canst not see euyl, thou canst not behold wickednesse: wherfore then doest thou loke vpo the transgressours, and holdest thy tongue, when the wicked deuoureth the man that is more righteous then he?