Job 34:9
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
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Referenced Verses
- 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?
- 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 9:22-23 : 22 ¶ This [is] one [thing], therefore I said [it], He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
- 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.
- Ps 37:4 : 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
- Job 21:14-16 : 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? 16 Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
- Job 22:17 : 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
- Job 27:10 : 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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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?
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9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
- Job 21:14-163 verses76%
14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15 What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16 Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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10 ¶ Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, [that he should do] wickedness; and [from] the Almighty, [that he should commit] iniquity.
- Job 35:2-32 verses75%
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's?
3 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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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?
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27 He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;
- Job 27:9-102 verses74%
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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12 I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
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3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
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22 Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
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21 For what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
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8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
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3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
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23 For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should enter into judgment with God.
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23 For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24 [There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.
25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?
26 For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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7 Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.
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26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
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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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20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.
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13 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
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14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
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13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
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19 Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
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11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider [it]?
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13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
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8 Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art]; and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
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10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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2 I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
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3 ¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
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11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].
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17 ¶ What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
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12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
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9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye [so] mock him?
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19 Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
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17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
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4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.
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39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
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8 There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.
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16 And this also [is] a sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?