Job 35:2

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 12:36-37 : 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
  • Job 9:17 : 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
  • Job 10:7 : 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
  • Job 16:17 : 17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
  • Job 19:6-7 : 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
  • Job 27:2-6 : 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
  • Job 34:5 : 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

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    5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

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    12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

    13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

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    2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

    3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

    4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

    5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

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    6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

    7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

    8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

  • 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

  • 35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

  • 4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

  • 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

  • 23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

  • 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

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    13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

    14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

  • 6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

  • 7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

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    2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

    3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

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    1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

    2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

  • 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

  • 6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

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    1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,

    2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

  • 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

  • 33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

  • 32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

  • 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

  • 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

  • 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

  • 25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

  • 1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

  • 23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

  • 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

  • 25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

  • 8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

  • 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

  • 2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?