Job 35:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do you think this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?

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  • Matt 12:36-37 : 36 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account for in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 And he said to him, Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.
  • Job 9:17 : 17 For He crushes me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
  • Job 10:7 : 7 You know that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of Your hand.
  • Job 16:17 : 17 Not for any injustice in my hands; also, my prayer is pure.
  • Job 19:6-7 : 6 Know now that God has overthrown me and has surrounded me with His net. 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
  • Job 27:2-6 : 2 As God lives, who has taken away my justice, and the Almighty, who has troubled my soul; 3 As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I should justify you: until I die I will not renounce my integrity. 6 My righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.
  • Job 34:5 : 5 For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my justice.
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

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  • Job 35:1
    81%

    1Elihu spoke further, and said,

  • Job 35:3
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    3For you said, What advantage will it be to you? and, What profit shall I have, if I am cleansed from my sin?

  • Job 40:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

    9Do you have an arm like God, or can you thunder with a voice like him?

  • Job 34:5-6
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    78%

    5For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my justice.

    6Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12Behold, in this you are not just; I will answer you, that God is greater than man.

    13Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give account of any of His matters.

  • Job 22:2-5
    4 verses
    76%

    2Can a person be beneficial to God, as one who is wise may benefit themselves?

    3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways perfect?

    4Will He correct you for fear of you? Will He enter into judgment with you?

    5Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquities infinite?

  • Job 35:6-8
    3 verses
    76%

    6If you sin, what do you do against him? or if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

    7If you are righteous, what do you give him? or what does he receive from your hand?

    8Your wickedness may hurt a man like yourself; and your righteousness may profit the son of man.

  • Job 4:17
    75%

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

  • Jer 2:35
    75%

    35Yet you say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with you, because you say, I have not sinned.

  • Job 11:4
    75%

    4For you have said, 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.'

  • Job 19:5
    74%

    5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me and plead against me my reproach,

  • Job 36:23
    74%

    23Who has ordered him his way? or who can say, You have done wrong?

  • Job 14:3
    73%

    3And do You open Your eyes upon such a one and bring me into judgment with You?

  • Job 15:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

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

  • Job 10:6
    73%

    6That You inquire after my iniquity and search after my sin?

  • Job 42:7
    73%

    7And it was so, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My anger is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

  • Job 34:1
    72%

    1Furthermore, Elihu answered and said,

  • Job 10:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.

    3Is it good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • Job 32:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

    2Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job, because he justified himself rather than God.

  • Job 8:3
    72%

    3Does God pervert judgment, or does the Almighty pervert justice?

  • Job 4:6
    72%

    6Is not this your fear, your confidence, your hope, and the integrity of your ways?

  • Ps 50:21
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    21These things you have done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether like you: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes.

  • Job 9:2
    72%

    2I know this is true: but how can a man be righteous before God?

  • Job 36:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Elihu also continued, and said,

    2Allow me a little, and I will show you that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

  • Job 13:3
    72%

    3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

  • Job 34:33
    72%

    33Should it be according to your mind? He will repay it, whether you refuse or whether you choose, and not I; therefore speak what you know.

  • Job 33:32
    71%

    32If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.

  • Job 13:7
    71%

    7Will you speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

  • Job 11:6
    71%

    6And that He would show you the secrets of wisdom, that they are double what is! Know therefore that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.

  • Job 40:2
    71%

    2Shall he who contends with the Almighty instruct him? He who reproves God, let him answer it.

  • 2 Sam 22:25
    71%

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

  • Jer 12:1
    71%

    1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously?

  • Job 34:23
    71%

    23For He will not lay upon man more than right, that he should enter into judgment with God.

  • Job 36:17
    71%

    17But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

  • Ezek 18:25
    71%

    25Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not My way equal? Are not your ways unequal?

  • Job 33:8
    70%

    8Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

  • Job 7:17
    70%

    17What is man, that you should magnify him, and that you should set your heart upon him?

  • Job 31:2
    70%

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