Job 19:28

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 19:22 : 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
  • Ps 69:26 : 26 For they persecute [him] whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
  • 1 Kgs 14:13 : 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found [some] good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

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