Job 31:28

Bishops' Bible (1568)

(That were a wickednesse worthy to be punished: for then shoulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue.)

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  • Job 31:11 : 11 For this is a wickednesse, and sinne that is worthy to be punished:
  • Deut 17:2-7 : 2 If there be founde among you within any of thy gates which the Lorde thy God geueth thee, man or woman that hath wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde thy God, in transgressyng his couenaunt: 3 And gone and serued straunge gods, and worshipped them, as the sunne or moone, or any of the hoast of heauen, which I haue not commaunded: 4 And it is tolde thee, & thou hast hearde of it, then shalt thou enquire diligently: and if it be true, & the thyng of a suretie that such abhomination is wrought in Israel: 5 Then shalt thou bryng foorth that man or that woman (which haue committed that wicked thyng) vnto the gates, and shalt stone them with stones tyll they dye. 6 At the mouth of two or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death, dye: and at the mouth of one witnesse, let no man dye. 7 The handes of the witnesses shalbe first vpon him, to kyll him, & afterward the handes of all the people: and thou shalt put the wicked away from thee.
  • Josh 24:27 : 27 And Iosuah sayde vnto al the people: Behold, this stone shalbe a witnesse vnto vs, for it hath hearde al the wordes of the Lorde whiche he spake with vs, it shalbe therfore a witnesse vnto you, lest ye denie your God.
  • Judg 11:27 : 27 Wherfore I haue not synned agaynst thee, but thou doest me wrong to warre against me: The Lord therfore whiche is a iudge, be iudge this day betweene the children of Israel, and the children of Ammon.
  • Job 9:15 : 15 For though I were righteous, yet might I not geue him one word againe, but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge.
  • Deut 17:9 : 9 And come vnto the priestes the Leuites, and vnto the iudge that shalbe in those dayes, and aske: and they shall shewe thee the sentence of iudgement.
  • Josh 24:23 : 23 Then put away sayde he the strauge goddes whiche are among you, & bowe your heartes vnto the Lorde God of Israel.
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght?
  • Ps 50:6 : 6 And the heauens shall declare his ryghteousnesse: for God is iudge hym selfe. Selah.
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest peraduenture I beyng full, shoulde denie thee, and say, who is the Lorde? or beyng oppressed with pouertie fall to stealyng, and forswere the name of my God.
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They confesse that they knowe God: but with workes they denie hym, seyng they are abhominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 And vnto the congregation of the first borne, written in heauen, and to God the iudge of all, and to the spirites of iust and perfect men:
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 There were false prophetes also among the people, eue as there shalbe false teachers among you, whiche pryuyly shal bryng in damnable heresies, euen denying the Lorde that hath bought them, and bryng vpo them selues swyft damnation.
  • 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whosoeuer denyeth the sonne, the same hath not the father But he that knowledgeth the sonne, hath the father also.
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For there are certayne vngodly men craftily crept in, which were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation: They turne the grace of our God vnto wantonnesse, and denye God which is the only Lorde, and our Lorde Iesus Christe.

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  • Job 31:29-30
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    29Haue I euer reioyced at the hurt of myne enemie? or was I euer glad that any harme happened vnto him? Oh, no.

    30I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse to his soule.

  • 27Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite? or did I euer kisse myne owne hande?

  • 11For this is a wickednesse, and sinne that is worthy to be punished:

  • Job 34:31-32
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    31Surely of God onely it can be saide, I haue pardoned, I wyll not destroy.

    32If I haue gone amisse, enfourme thou me: If I haue done wrong, I wyll leaue of.

  • 9Lest peraduenture I beyng full, shoulde denie thee, and say, who is the Lorde? or beyng oppressed with pouertie fall to stealyng, and forswere the name of my God.

  • Ps 7:3-4
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    3O God my Lord, if I haue done any such thing: or if there be any wickednesse in my handes.

    4If I haue done euyll vnto hym that had peace with me: and if I haue not deliuered hym that is without a cause myne aduersarie?

  • 7There the righteous might dispute with him, so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge.

  • Job 27:5-6
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    5God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right: As for me, vntill myne end come will I neuer go fro myne innocentie.

    6My righteous dealing kepe I fast, which I will not forsake: my heart shal not reproue me of my dayes.

  • 5But if ye wyll aduaunce your selues against me, and rebuke me for the shame that is come vpon me:

  • 15For though I were righteous, yet might I not geue him one word againe, but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge.

  • Job 31:5-7
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    5If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my feete haue runne to disceaue:

    6Let me be wayed in an euen balaunce, that God may see myne innocencie.

    7If my steppe hath turned out of the way, & myne heart walked after myne eyes, and if any blot haue cleaued to my handes:

  • Ps 18:21-23
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    21Because I had kept the wayes of God: and had not wickedly shronke from my God.

    22For all his lawes were before me: and I reiected none of his commaundementes from me.

    23And I was sounde & pure towardes hym: and I was weery lest I shoulde offende hym with my wickednesse.

  • Job 34:5-6
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    5And why? Iob hath sayd, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my iudgement.

    6In my right I shoulde be a lyer: my wounde is incurable without my fault.

  • 23For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punishment of God, and knewe very well that I was not able to beare his burthen.

  • 24In his sight also haue I ben vpright: and haue kept me from myne owne iniquitie.

  • 27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemie, lest their aduersaries should vtterly withdrawe the selues, and lest they shoulde say: our hye hande hath done all this, and not the Lorde.

  • 15If I shoulde say that I woulde iudge after this sort: lo then I shoulde condempne the generation of thy children.

  • 10Then shoulde I haue some comfort, yea I woulde desire him in my payne that he would not spare, for I wil not be against the wordes of the holy one.

  • 28Then am I afrayde of all my sorowes, for I knowe that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.

  • 33Haue I kept secrete my sinne, and hyd myne iniquitie, as Adam dyd?

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

  • 22For I haue kept the wayes of ye Lord: and did not wickedly agaynst my God.

  • Job 31:13-14
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    13If I euer thought scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes & maydens, when they had any matter against me:

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

  • 1Iudge me O Lorde, and debate my cause with an vnnaturall people: oh delyuer me from the deceiptfull and wicked man.

  • 1Of Dauid. Iudge thou me O God, for I haue walked in my perfection: my trust also hath ben in God therfore I shall not fall.

  • 24Iudge me according to thy righteousnesse O God my Lorde: and let them not triumph ouer me.

  • 32For he that I must geue aunswere vnto, and with whom I go to the lawe, is not a man as I am:

  • 21If I haue lift vp mine hand against the fatherlesse, when I sawe that I might helpe him in the gate:

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

  • 8But I woulde aske counsell at the Lorde, and talke with God?

  • 19What is he that wyll go to lawe with me? if I now holde my tongue I dye.

  • 22And when I fled with al haste, I said I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes: neuerthelesse, thou heardest the voyce of my prayer when I cryed vnto thee.

  • 12Truely he was not mine enemie that hath done me this dishonour, for then I coulde haue borne it: neither was he one that seemed to hate me that dyd magnifie hym selfe against me, for then I woulde haue hyd my selfe from him.

  • 35To moue the iudgement of man before the most highest,

  • 12Behold, in this hast thou not done right, I wil make aunswere vnto thee, that God is greater then man.

  • 14If I dyd sinne, thou haddest an eye vnto me, and shalt not pronounce me innocent from myne offence.

  • 13Moreouer, if I had done it, I shoulde haue done against mine owne lyfe: for there is no matter hyd from the king, yea & thou thy selfe wouldest haue ben against me.

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

  • 22For if I woulde go about to please men, I knowe not howe soone my maker would take me away.

  • 2I will say vnto God: O do not condempne me, but shewe me wherefore thou contendest so with me?