Job 31:28

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 31:11 : 11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
  • Deut 17:2-7 : 2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not command; 4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of ath be put to ath; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to ath. 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to ath, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
  • Josh 24:27 : 27 And hua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
  • Judg 11:27 : 27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
  • Job 9:15 : 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
  • Deut 17:9 : 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
  • Josh 24:23 : 23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Jud of all the earth do right?
  • Ps 50:6 : 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
  • 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:29-30
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    29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

    30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

  • 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

  • 11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

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

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

  • 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

  • Ps 7:3-4
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    3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

    4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

  • 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • Job 27:5-6
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    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.

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

  • 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

  • Job 31:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

    6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

    7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

  • Ps 18:21-23
    3 verses
    72%

    21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

    22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

    23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

  • Job 34:5-6
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    5 For hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

    6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

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

  • 24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.

  • 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

  • 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

  • 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.

  • 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

  • 33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

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

  • 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

  • Job 31:13-14
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    71%

    13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

    14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

  • 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

  • 1 A alm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

  • 24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

  • 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

  • 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

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

  • 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

  • 19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

  • 22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

  • 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

  • 35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

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

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

  • 13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

  • 6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

  • 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

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