Job 32:22

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 17:5 : 5 He that speaketh flatterie to his friend, the eyes of his children shall fayle.
  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes. 3 God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes: and the tongue that speaketh great thinges.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 Do I nowe perswade men, or God? Other do I seke to please men? For yf I shoulde yet please men, I were not the seruaunt of Christe.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither at any tyme vsed we flatteryng wordes, as ye knowe, neither cloke of couetousnes, God is recorde,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 32:20-21
    2 verses
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    20 Therfore will I speake, that I may haue a bent: I will open my lippes, and make aunswere.

    21 I will regarde no maner of person, no man will I spare.

  • Job 32:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 Lest ye should say: We haue found out wisdome, God shall cast hym downe, and no man.

    14 He hath not spoken vnto me, and I wil not aunswere hym as ye haue done.

  • 3 I wyll open vnto thee yet farre higher knowledge, and wil ascribe righteousnesse vnto my maker.

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

  • Job 9:34-35
    2 verses
    71%

    34 Let hym take his rodde away from me, yea let hym make me no more afrayde of him,

    35 And then shall I aunswere hym without any feare: but because I am not so, I holde me still.

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

  • 27 Were 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.

  • Prov 30:8-9
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    8 Remoue farre fro me vanitie and lyes, geue me neither pouertie nor riches, only graunt me a necessary lyuyng:

    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.

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

  • 23 Sure I am that thou wilt bryng me vnto death, euen to the lodging that is due vnto all men liuing.

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

  • Job 31:28-29
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    28 (That were a wickednesse worthy to be punished: for then shoulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue.)

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

  • 22 Yet the number of my yeres is come, and the way that I must go is at hand, from whence I shall not turne againe.

  • Job 13:19-21
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    70%

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

    20 Neuerthelesse, graunt me two thinges, and then wyll I not hide my selfe from thee:

    21 Withdrawe thyne hande from me, and let not the fearefull dreade of thee make me afrayde.

  • 4 O God make me to knowe mine ende, and the number of my dayes: that I may be certified howe long I haue to lyue.

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

  • 3 For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding.

  • 22 Did I desire you to bring vnto me, or to geue me any of your substaunce?

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    20 Haue not I warned thee very oft with counsayle and learning,

    21 That I might make thee knowe the trueth, that thou with the veritie mightest aunswere them that sende vnto thee?

  • 16 I can see no remedy, I shall liue no more: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.

  • 20 Are not my dayes fewe? Let him then leaue of fro me, and let me a lone, that I may comfort my selfe a litle,

  • 19 God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes.

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

  • 7 Whereas thou knowest whether I shall do wickedly or no, and that none can deliuer me out of thyne hande.

  • 11 O let not the foote of pryde reache vnto me: and let not the hande of the vngodly make me to moue out of my place

  • 22 Seeing God hath the highest power of all, who can teache him any knowledge?

  • 10 Take thy plague away from me: I am euen consumed by the meanes of thy heauy hande.

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

  • 16 Wheras I neuerthelesse obediently folowed thee as a sheephearde, & haue not vncalled taken this office vpon me, this knowest thou well: my wordes also were ryght before thee.

  • 5 I woulde knowe what aunswere he woulde geue me, and vnderstande what he woulde say vnto me.

  • 5 And why? Iob hath sayd, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my iudgement.

  • 1 A song of high degrees (made) of Dauid. O God I am not hygh mynded, I haue no proude lokes: I haue not vsed to walke in greater & waightier matters then I ought to do.

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

  • 6 The knowledge that thou hast of me is marueylous: it is so high that I can not attayne vnto it.

  • 6 Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and preasse not into the place of great men:

  • 12 Truely 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.

  • 12 I wyll not keepe secrete his great strength, his power, nor his comely proportion.

  • 16 For I sayde heare me lest that they shoulde triumph on me: who auaunce them selues greatly agaynst me when my foote doth slyp.

  • 15 This is the cause that I shrinke at his presence, so that when I consider him, I am afrayde of hym.

  • 17 Because I am not cut of before the darkenesse, neither hath he couered the cloude fro my face.

  • 3 I neuer learned wisdome, nor had knowledge of holy thynges.

  • 4 A frowarde heart shall depart from me: I wyll not once knowe any euyll.