Job 35:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
  • Gen 18:24-33 : 24 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are within it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes. 28 Suppose there should lack five of the fifty righteous; will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it. 29 And he spoke to him yet again and said, Suppose there should be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the sake of forty. 30 And he said to him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak; suppose thirty should be found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty should be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty. 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but this once; suppose ten should be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of ten. 33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
  • Gen 19:29 : 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the upheaval, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
  • Josh 7:1-5 : 1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass regarding the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Do not let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai; and do not make all the people labor there; for they are but few. 4 So about three thousand men went up there from the people: and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six men: for they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them down on the descent: so the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
  • Josh 22:20 : 20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? And that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
  • Job 42:8 : 8 Therefore take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering, and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your foolishness, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.
  • Ps 106:23 : 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
  • Ps 106:30 : 30 Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, and so the plague was stopped.
  • Eccl 9:18 : 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
  • Ezek 22:30 : 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
  • Jonah 1:12 : 12 And he said to them, Take me up, and throw me into the sea; so shall the sea be calm for you: for I know that for my sake this great storm is upon you.
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 Saying, Do not fear, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar: and indeed, God has granted you all those who sail with you.
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household; by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

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  • Job 35:6-7
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    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?

  • Job 36:17-18
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    75%

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

    18Because there is wrath, beware lest he takes you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.

  • Job 35:2-3
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    74%

    2Do you think this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?

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

  • Isa 57:12
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    12I will declare your righteousness and your works; for they shall not profit you.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

  • Prov 10:2
    72%

    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Job 33:27
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    27He looks upon men, and if any say, I have sinned and perverted what was right, and it did not profit me;

  • Job 22:2-3
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    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?

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    72%

    10Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.

  • Prov 11:17-18
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    17The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

    18The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

  • Job 10:3
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    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?

  • Prov 11:4-5
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    4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • Jer 4:18
    71%

    18Your way and your deeds have procured these things for you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches to your heart.

  • Job 35:9
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    9Because of the multitude of oppressions, they make the oppressed cry: they cry out by reason of the power of the mighty.

  • Prov 11:8
    71%

    8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.

  • Ezek 33:12
    71%

    12Therefore, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sins.

  • Isa 5:23
    71%

    23Who justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • Prov 28:10
    71%

    10Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

  • Prov 21:7-8
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    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

    8The way of the guilty is crooked and strange, but as for the pure, his work is right.

  • Prov 24:24
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    24He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; him the people shall curse, nations shall abhor him.

  • Job 4:8
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    8Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.

  • Job 34:8-9
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    8Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men.

    9For he has said, It profits a man nothing to delight himself in God.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Job 40:8
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    8Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Job 22:5
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    5Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquities infinite?

  • Job 27:13
    70%

    13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive from the Almighty.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    70%

    13As says the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness comes from the wicked: but my hand shall not be upon you.

  • Jer 12:1
    70%

    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?

  • Prov 13:6
    70%

    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Ps 52:1
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    1Why do you boast in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.

  • Job 6:27
    70%

    27Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.

  • Prov 29:6
    70%

    6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.

  • Job 34:11
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    11For the work of a man shall He repay him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

  • Ps 37:16
    70%

    16A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Prov 11:31
    70%

    31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.

  • Lam 3:35
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    35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

  • Hab 2:10
    70%

    10You have consulted shame to your house by cutting off many people, and have sinned against your soul.