Job 8:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • Deut 32:4 : 4 Perfect is the worke of the most mightie God, for all his wayes are iudgement: He is a God of trueth, without wickednesse, righteous and iust is he.
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Wherfore now let the feare of the Lord be vpon you, and take heede, & be doyng the thing that pleaseth hym for there is no vnrighteousnes with the Lorde our God, that he shoulde haue any respect of persons, or take rewardes.
  • 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?
  • Rev 16:7 : 7 And I heard another out of the aulter say: euen so Lorde God almightie, true and ryghteous are thy iudgementes.
  • Dan 9:14 : 14 Therfore hath the Lord watched vpon the plague, and brought it vpon vs: for the Lorde our God is righteous in all his workes which he doth: for we would not hearken vnto his voyce.
  • Rom 3:4-6 : 4 God forbyd. Yea let God be true, and euery man a lyer, as it is writte: That thou myghtest be iustified in thy sayinges, and ouercome when thou art iudged. 5 But yf our vnrighteousnes setteth foorth the righteousnes of God, what shall we saye? Is God vnryghteous which taketh vengeaunce? I speake after the maner of men, 6 God forbyd. For howe then shall God iudge the worlde?
  • Job 34:10-12 : 10 Therfore hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding: farre be it from God that he shoulde meddle with wickednesse, & farre be it from the almightie that he shoulde meddle with vnrighteous dealing. 11 For he shall rewarde man after his workes, and cause euery man to finde according to his wayes. 12 Sure it is that God wil not do wickedly, neither wyll the almightie paruert iudgement.
  • Job 34:17-19 : 17 May he be a ruler that loueth not right? or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly? 18 Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king, Thou art wicked, or thou art vngodly, and that before the princes? 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.
  • Job 35:13 : 13 For God wyll not heare vanitie, neither wyll the almightie regarde it.
  • Job 40:2 : 2 Shall he whom the almightie wyl chasten, contend with him? Should not he which disputeth with God, geue him an aunswere?
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?
  • Ps 89:14 : 14 Iustice and iudgement is the foundation of thy throne: mercy and trueth shall go before thy face.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 Thou hast ordeyned all thynges accordyng to equitie: thou hast caused iudgement and iustice to be in Iacob.
  • Ezek 18:25 : 25 And yet ye say, the way of the Lorde is not indifferent. Heare therefore ye house of Israel, is not my way equall? or are not your wayes rather vnequall?
  • Ezek 33:17 : 17 And yet the children of thy people say, the way of the Lorde is not equall: but their owne way is rather vnequall.
  • Ezek 33:20 : 20 Yet ye say, the way of the Lorde is not equall: O ye house of Israel, I wyll iudge euery one of you after his wayes.
  • Job 4:17 : 17 Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be purer then his maker?
  • Job 9:2 : 2 I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified?
  • Job 10:3 : 3 Thinkest thou it welldone to oppresse me? to cast me of beyng the workes of thy handes? and to mayntayne the counsell of the vngodly?
  • Job 19:7 : 7 If I complaine of the violence that is done vnto me, I cannot be heard: and if I crye, there is no sentence geuen with me.
  • Job 21:15 : 15 Who is the almightie that we should serue him? And what profite should we haue if we should pray vnto him?
  • Job 21:20 : 20 Their owne miserie shal they see with their eyes, and drinke of the fearefull wrath of the almightie.
  • Job 34:5 : 5 And why? Iob hath sayd, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my iudgement.
  • Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sang the song of Moyses the seruaunt of God, and the song of the lambe, saying: Great and marueylous are thy workes Lorde God almightie, iust and true are thy wayes thou kyng of saintes.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But thou after thy stubbernnesse and heart that can not repent, heapest vnto thy selfe wrath, agaynst the daye of wrath and declaration of the righteous iudgement of God:

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  • Job 34:12-13
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    12 Sure it is that God wil not do wickedly, neither wyll the almightie paruert iudgement.

    13 Who ruleth the earth but he? or who hath placed the whole world?

  • Job 40:8-9
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    8 Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?

    9 Is thy power then lyke the power of God? maketh thy voyce a sounde as his doth?

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

  • 17 May he be a ruler that loueth not right? or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly?

  • Job 22:3-5
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    3 Is it any aduauntage to the almightie that thou art righteous? or shall it profite him that thou makest thy wayes perfect?

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

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

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

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

  • Job 31:2-3
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    2 For how great a portion shall I haue of God? and what inheritaunce from the almightie on hye?

    3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and straunge punishement to the workers of iniquitie?

  • 3 Thinkest thou it welldone to oppresse me? to cast me of beyng the workes of thy handes? and to mayntayne the counsell of the vngodly?

  • Lam 3:35-36
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    35 To moue the iudgement of man before the most highest,

    36 To condemne a man in his cause: the Lord hath not pleasure in such thinges.

  • Hab 1:3-4
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    3 Why doest thou shew me iniquitie, and cause me to beholde sorowe? for spoyling and violence are before me, & there are that rayse vp stryfe and contention,

    4 Therfore the law is dissolued, & iudgement doth neuer go foorth: for the wicked doth compasse about the righteous, therfore wrong iudgement proceedeth.

  • 1 O Lorde thou art more righteous, then that I shoulde dispute with thee: neuerthelesse, let me talke with thee in thynges reasonable. Howe happeneth it that the way of the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so well with them which without any shame offend and liue in wickednesse,

  • 2 Howe long wyll ye geue wrong iudgement: and accept the persons of the vngodly? Selah.

  • Job 13:7-8
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    7 Wyll you speake wickedlie for gods defence and talke deceitfully for his cause?

    8 Wyll ye accept the person of him? or wyll ye contende for God?

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

  • 1 To the chiefe musition, destroy not, a golden psalme of Dauid. O ye that consult together, pronounce ye truely the thing that is iust? O ye sonnes of men iudge you according to equitie?

  • Rom 3:5-6
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    5 But yf our vnrighteousnes setteth foorth the righteousnes of God, what shall we saye? Is God vnryghteous which taketh vengeaunce? I speake after the maner of men,

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

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

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

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

  • 10 Therfore hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding: farre be it from God that he shoulde meddle with wickednesse, & farre be it from the almightie that he shoulde meddle with vnrighteous dealing.

  • 23 It is the almightie, we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, and aboundaunt in iustice: he afflicteth not.

  • 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?

  • Job 33:12-13
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    72%

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

    13 And why doest thou then striue against him? for he shall not geue the accomptes of all his wordes.

  • 2 Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest, I am more righteous then God?

  • 7 If I complaine of the violence that is done vnto me, I cannot be heard: and if I crye, there is no sentence geuen with me.

  • 23 Wo be vnto them that geue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condempne the iust cause of the ryghteous.

  • 7 They turne iudgement to wormewood, and forsake righteousnesse in the earth.

  • 19 If men will speake of strength, lo he is strong: if men will speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?

  • 17 Ye haue weeryed the Lord with your wordes, and you haue sayde, Wherein haue we weeried him? Whylest you say, Euery one that doth euil, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he is pleased in them: or where is the God of iudgement?

  • 7 Art thou able to finde out the secretes of God? Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie?

  • Job 35:6-7
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    6 If thou hast sinned, what hast thou done against him? If thyne offences be many, what hast thou done vnto him?

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

  • 13 Wilt thou therfore say, Tushe, howe should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?

  • 24 As for the worlde it is geuen ouer into the hande of the wicked, and he shall couer the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he, or who is he that can shewe the contrarie?

  • 13 Thou 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?

  • 3 O God howe long shall the vngodly: howe long shall the vngodly triumph?

  • 17 Neuerthelesse, thou hast commended the iudgement of the vngodly, and euen such a iudgement & sentence shalt thou suffer.

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    8 God wyll iudge the people: geue thou sentence with me O God according to my righteousnesse, and according to my perfection that is within me.

  • 38 Out of the mouth of the most highest goeth not euyll and good?