Job 21:15

King James Version 1611 (Original)

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 5:2 : 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
  • Job 34:9 : 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
  • Mal 1:13-14 : 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. 14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
  • Matt 7:7 : 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
  • John 16:24 : 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
  • Job 35:3 : 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
  • Ps 12:4 : 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
  • Isa 30:11 : 11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
  • Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
  • Hos 13:6 : 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

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