Job 35:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Thy wickednesse may hurt a man as thou art: and thy righteousnes may profite ye sonne of man.

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  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and will blesse thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing.
  • Gen 18:24-33 : 24 If there be fiftie righteous within the citie, wilt thou destroy and not spare the place for the fiftie righteous that are therein? 25 Be it farre fro thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee. shall not the Iudge of all the worlde doe right? 26 And the Lord answered, If I shall finde in Sodom fiftie righteous within the citie, then will I spare all the place for their sakes. 27 Then Abraham answered and said, Behold nowe, I haue begun to speake vnto my Lord, and I am but dust and ashes. 28 If there shall lacke fiue of fiftie righteous, wilt thou destroy all the citie for fiue? And he saide, If I finde there fiue and fourtie, I will not destroy it. 29 And he yet spake to him againe, and saide, What if there shalbe found fourtie there? Then he answered, I will not doe it for fourties sake. 30 Againe he said, Let not my Lord nowe be angry, that I speake, What if thirtie be founde there? Then he saide, I will not doe it, if I finde thirtie there. 31 Moreouer he said, Behold, now I haue begonne to speake vnto my Lord, What if twentie be founde there? And he answered, I will not destroy it for twenties sake. 32 Then he saide, Let not my Lord be nowe angrie, and I will speake but this once, What if tenne be found there? And he answered, I will not destroy it for tennes sake. 33 And the Lord went his way when he had left communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned vnto his place.
  • Gen 19:29 : 29 But yet when God destroyed the cities of the plaine, God thought vpon Abraham, and sent Lot out from the middes of the destruction, when he ouerthrewe the cities, wherein Lot dwelled.
  • Josh 7:1-5 : 1 Bvt the children of Israel committed a trespasse in the excommunicate thing: for Achan the sonne of Carmi, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of Zerah of the tribe of Iuda tooke of the excommunicate thing: wherfore the wrath of the Lorde was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And Ioshua sent men from Iericho to Ai, which is beside Bethauen, on ye East side of Bethel, and spake vnto them, saying, Goe vp, & view the countrey; ye men went vp, & viewed Ai, 3 And returned to Ioshua, and saide vnto him, Let not al the people go vp, but let as it were two or three thousand men go vp, and smite Ai, and make not al the people to labour thither, for they are fewe. 4 So there went vp thither of the people about three thousande men, and they fledde before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them vpon a thirtie and sixe men: for they chased them from before the gate vnto Shebarim, and smote them in the going downe: wherfore the heartes of the people melted away like water.
  • Josh 22:20 : 20 Did not Achan ye sonne of Zerah trespasse grieuously in the execrable thing, and wrath fell on all the Congregation of Israel? And this man alone perished not in his wickednesse.
  • Job 42:8 : 8 Therefore take vnto you nowe seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes, and go to my seruant Iob, and offer vp for your selues a burnt offring, and my seruant Iob shall pray for you: for I wil accept him, least I should put you to shame, because ye haue not spoken of me the thing, which is right, like my seruant Iob.
  • Ps 106:23 : 23 Therefore he minded to destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stand in the breach before him to turne away his wrath, least he shoulde destroy them.
  • Ps 106:30 : 30 But Phinehas stoode vp, and executed iudgement, and the plague was staied.
  • Eccl 9:18 : 18 Better is wisedome then weapons of warre: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
  • Ezek 22:30 : 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make vp the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.
  • Jonah 1:12 : 12 And he said vnto them, Take me, and cast me into the sea: so shall the sea be calme vnto you: for I knowe that for my sake this great tempest is vpon you.
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 Saying, Feare not, Paul: for thou must be brought before Cesar: and lo, God hath giuen vnto thee freely all that sayle with thee.
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noe being warned of God of the things which were as yet not seene, mooued with reuerence, prepared the Arke to the sauing of his housholde, through the which Arke hee condemned the world, and was made heire of the righteousnes, which is by faith.

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  • Job 35:6-7
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    6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him, yea, when thy sinnes be many, what doest thou vnto him?

    7 If thou be righteous, what giuest thou vnto him? or what receiueth he at thine hand?

  • Job 36:17-18
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    17 But thou art ful of the iudgement of the wicked, though iudgement and equitie maintaine all things.

    18 For Gods wrath is, least hee should take that away in thine abundance: for no multitude of giftes can deliuer thee.

  • Job 35:2-3
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    2 Thinkest thou this right, that thou hast said, I am more righteous then God?

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

  • 12 I will declare thy righteousnes and thy workes, and they shall not profite thee.

  • 14 There is a vanitie, which is done vpon the earth, that there be righteous men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the wicked: and there be wicked men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the iust: I thought also that this is vanitie.

  • 2 The treasures of wickednesse profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.

  • 27 He looketh vpon men, and if one say, I haue sinned, and peruerted righteousnesse, and it did not profite me,

  • Job 22:2-3
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    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?

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    10 Say ye, Surely it shalbe well with the iust: for they shall eate the fruite of their workes.

    11 Woe be to the wicked, it shalbe euill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.

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    17 Hee that is mercifull, rewardeth his owne soule: but he that troubleth his own flesh, is cruel.

    18 The wicked worketh a deceitful worke: but hee that soweth righteousnes, shall receiue a sure rewarde.

  • 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?

  • Prov 11:4-5
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    4 Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.

    5 The righteousnes of the vpright shal direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.

  • 18 Thy wayes and thine inuentions haue procured thee these things, such is thy wickednesse: therefore it shall be bitter, therefore it shall perce vnto thine heart.

  • 9 They cause many that are oppressed, to crye, which crye out for ye violence of the mightie.

  • 8 The righteous escapeth out of trouble, and the wicked shall come in his steade.

  • 12 Therefore thou sonne of man, saye vnto the children of thy people, The righteousnesse of the righteous shall not deliuer him in the day of his transgression, nor the wickednesse of the wicked shall cause him to fall therein, in the day that he returneth from his wickednesse, neither shal the righteous liue for his righteousnesse in the day that he sinneth.

  • 23 Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him.

  • 10 He that causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shal fall into his owne pit, and the vpright shall inherite good things.

  • 15 (7:17) I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.

  • Prov 21:7-8
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    7 The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

    8 The way of some is peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke is right.

  • 24 He that saith to the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhorre him.

  • 8 As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.

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    8 Which goeth in the companie of them that worke iniquitie, and walketh with wicked men?

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

  • 16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: but the reuenues of the wicked to sinne.

  • 8 (40:3) Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?

  • 15 Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

  • 5 Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?

  • 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shal receiue of the Almightie.

  • 13 (24:14) According as the olde prouerbe sayeth, Wickednesse proceedeth from the wicked, but mine hand be not vpon thee.

  • 1 O Lorde, if I dispute with thee, thou art righteous: yet let mee talke with thee of thy iudgements: wherefore doeth the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they in wealth that rebelliously transgresse?

  • 6 Righteousnesse preserueth the vpright of life: but wickednes ouerthroweth the sinner.

  • 26 The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour: but the way of the wicked will deceiue them.

  • 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction. When Doeg the Edomite came and shewed Saul, and saide to him, Dauid is come to the house of Abimelech. Why boastest thou thy selfe in thy wickednesse, O man of power? the louing kindenesse of God indureth dayly.

  • 27 Ye make your wrath to fall vpon the fatherlesse, and dig a pit for your friende.

  • 6 In the transgression of an euill man is his snare: but the righteous doeth sing and reioyce.

  • 8 Better is a litle with righteousnesse, then great reuenues without equitie.

  • 11 For he will render vnto man according to his worke, and cause euery one to finde according to his way.

  • 16 A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

  • 31 Beholde, the righteous shalbe recompensed in the earth: howe much more the wicked and the sinner?

  • 35 In ouerthrowing the right of a man before the face of the most high,

  • 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thine owne house, by destroying many people, and hast sinned against thine owne soule.