Job 31:23

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:11 : 11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
  • Isa 13:6 : 6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
  • Joel 1:15 : 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
  • 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
  • Job 20:23 : 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
  • Job 21:20 : 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
  • Job 40:9 : 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
  • Job 42:5-6 : 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
  • Ps 76:7 : 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
  • Gen 39:9 : 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

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