Job 35:3

King James Version 1611 (Original)

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 34:9 : 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
  • Job 9:21-22 : 21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. 22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
  • Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
  • Job 10:15 : 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
  • Job 21:15 : 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
  • Job 31:2 : 2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

  • Job 35:6-8
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    6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

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

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

  • Job 22:2-3
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    2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

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

  • 35Yet 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.

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

  • 27He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

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

  • Job 14:3-4
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    3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

    4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

  • 9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

  • 4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

  • Job 7:20-21
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    20I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

    21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

  • 9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

  • Job 9:29-30
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    29If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

    30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

  • Job 34:31-32
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    31Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

    32That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

  • Job 33:8-9
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    8Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

    9I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

  • 14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

  • Job 15:13-14
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    13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

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

  • 22For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

  • Ps 51:2-4
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    2Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

    3For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

    4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

  • 13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

  • 9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

  • Job 13:22-24
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    22Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

    23How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

  • 8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

  • 15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

  • 3Is 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?

  • 12I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

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

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

  • 24Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

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

  • 1What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

  • 4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

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

  • 5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

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

  • 3Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

  • 3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?