Job 21:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?

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  • Exod 5:2 : 2 And Pharaoh saide, Who is the Lorde, that I should heare his voyce, & let Israel go? I knowe not the Lord, neither will I let Israel goe.
  • Job 34:9 : 9 For he hath saide, It profiteth a man nothing that he should walke with God.
  • Mal 1:13-14 : 13 Ye said also, Beholde, it is a wearines, and ye haue snuffed at it, sayth the Lord of hostes, and ye offred that which was torne, and the lame and the sicke: thus yee offred an offring: shoulde I accept this of your hand, sayth the Lord? 14 But cursed be the deceiuer, which hath in his flocke a male, & voweth, and sacrificeth vnto ye Lorde a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, sayth the Lord of hostes, and my Name is terrible among the heathen.
  • Matt 7:7 : 7 Aske, and it shall be giuen you: seeke, and ye shall finde: knocke, and it shall be opened vnto you.
  • John 16:24 : 24 Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my Name: aske, and ye shall receiue, that your ioye may be full.
  • Job 35:3 : 3 For thou hast said, What profiteth it thee and what auaileth it me, to purge me fro my sinne?
  • Ps 12:4 : 4 Which haue saide, With our tongue will we preuaile: our lippes are our owne: who is Lord ouer vs?
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Least I be full, & denie thee, and say, Who is the Lorde? or least I be poore and steale, and take the Name of my God in vaine.
  • Isa 30:11 : 11 Depart out of the way: go aside out of the path: cause the holy one of Israel to cease fro vs.
  • Isa 45:19 : 19 I haue not spoken in secrete, neither in a place of darkenes in the earth: I saide not in vaine vnto the seede of Iaakob, Seeke you me: I the Lord doe speake righteousnesse, and declare righteous things.
  • Hos 13:6 : 6 As in their pastures, so were they filled: they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore haue they forgotten me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 14 They say also vnto God, Depart fro vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.

  • 17 Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, & asked what the Almightie could do for them.

  • Mal 3:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13 Your wordes haue bene stout against me, sayeth the Lorde: yet ye say, What haue we spoken against thee?

    14 Ye haue saide, It is in vaine to serue God: and what profite is it that we haue kept his commandement, and that we walked humbly before the Lord of hostes?

    15 Therefore wee count the proude blessed: euen they that worke wickednesse, are set vp, and they that tempt God, yea, they are deliuered.

  • 9 For he hath saide, It profiteth a man nothing that he should walke with God.

  • Job 22:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise, may be profitable to himselfe?

    3 Is it any thing vnto the Almightie, that thou art righteous? or is it profitable to him, that thou makest thy wayes vpright?

  • 16 Lo, their wealth is not in their hand: therfore let the counsell of the wicked bee farre from me.

  • 2 For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?

  • Job 15:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3 Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?

    4 Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.

  • 11 And they say, Howe doeth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High?

  • 3 For thou hast said, What profiteth it thee and what auaileth it me, to purge me fro my sinne?

  • Job 27:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?

    10 Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?

  • 9 What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?

  • 1 Howe should not the times be hid from the Almightie, seeing that they which knowe him, see not his dayes?

  • 14 What then shal I do when God standeth vp? & when he shal visit me, what shal I answere?

  • Job 21:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the nomber of his moneths is cut off?

    22 Shall any teache God knowledge, who iudgeth the hiest things?

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

  • 3 But I will speake to the Almightie, and I desire to dispute with God.

  • 2 (39:35) Is this to learne to striue with the Almightie? he that reprooueth God, let him answere to it.

  • 3 Wherefore are wee counted as beastes, and are vile in your sight?

  • 2 Wherefore shall the heathen say, Where is nowe their God?

  • 3 Lorde, what is man that thou regardest him! or the sonne of man that thou thinkest vpon him!

  • 13 Why doest thou striue against him? for he doeth not giue account of all his matters.

  • 7 Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?

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

  • 31 Who shal declare his way to his face? & who shal reward him for that he hath done?

  • Job 15:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13 That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?

    14 What is man, that he should be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?

  • 9 Then Satan answered the Lord, and sayde, Doeth Iob feare God for nought?

  • 2 For whereto shoulde the strength of their handes haue serued mee, seeing age perished in them?

  • 14 Howe much lesse shall I answere him? or howe should I finde out my words with him?

  • 3 Thinkest thou it good to oppresse me, and to cast off the labour of thine handes, and to fauour the counsel of the wicked?

  • 4 Doe I direct my talke to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled?

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

  • Job 35:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12 Then they crye because of the violence of the wicked, but he answereth not.

    13 Surely God will not heare vanitie, neyther will the Almightie regard it.

  • 21 Surely such are the habitations of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

  • 13 Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.

  • 20 Shall a man make gods vnto himselfe, and they are no gods?

  • 17 Yee haue wearied the Lorde with your woordes: yet yee say, Wherein haue we wearied him? When ye say, Euery one that doeth euill, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he deliteth in them. Or where is the God of iudgement?

  • 13 Whome hath he appointed ouer the earth beside him selfe? or who hath placed the whole worlde?

  • 2 Who is this that darkeneth the counsell by wordes without knowledge?

  • 3 For now they shal say, We haue no King because we feared not the Lord: and what should a King doe to vs?

  • 9 What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?

  • 12 Beholde, all ye your selues haue seene it: why then doe you thus vanish in vanitie?