Job 31:33

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if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:13 : 13 The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.
  • Hos 6:7 : 7 Indictments Against the Cities of Israel and Judah At Adam they broke the covenant; Oh how they were unfaithful to me!
  • Gen 3:12 : 12 The man said,“The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it.”
  • Josh 7:11 : 11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions.
  • Gen 3:7-8 : 7 Then the eyes of both of them opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. 8 The Judgment Oracles of God at the Fall Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God moving about in the orchard at the breezy time of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the orchard.
  • Acts 5:8 : 8 Peter said to her,“Tell me, were the two of you paid this amount for the land?” Sapphira said,“Yes, that much.”
  • 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.

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  • 34because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors–

  • 7If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,

  • 17My offenses would be sealed up in a bag; you would cover over my sin.

  • 10The man replied,“I heard you moving about in the orchard, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”

  • Job 34:31-32
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    31Job Is Foolish to Rebel“Has anyone said to God,‘I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more.

    32Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’

  • 5Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said,“I will confess my rebellious acts to the LORD.” And then you forgave my sins.(Selah)

  • 15If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.

  • Job 10:13-15
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    13“But these things you have concealed in your heart; I know that this is with you:

    14If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.

    15If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.

  • 9Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt!

  • 5If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit–

  • Job 31:27-30
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    27so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

    28then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

    29If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him–

    30I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse–

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    3O LORD my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

  • 3For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin.

  • Job 7:20-21
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    20If I have sinned– what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?

    21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”

  • 9If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

  • Job 9:27-28
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    27If I say,‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’

    28I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.

  • 13The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.

  • Job 13:23-24
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    23How many are my iniquities and sins? Show me my transgression and my sin.

    24Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

  • 9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.

  • 32But no stranger had to spend the night outside, for I opened my doors to the traveler–

  • 13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • 18Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins.

  • 3When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

  • 3you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

  • Job 13:19-20
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    19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

    20Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face:

  • 27That person sings to others, saying:‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.

  • 23I was innocent before him, and kept myself from sinning.

  • 1By David; a well-written song. How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, whose sin is pardoned!

  • 19If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,

  • 24I was blameless before him; I kept myself from sinning.

  • 4But even if it were true that I have erred, my error remains solely my concern!

  • 4just as I was in my most productive time, when God’s intimate friendship was experienced in my tent,

  • 14if iniquity is in your hand– put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

  • 17I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.

  • 11If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”

  • 15I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

  • 20You hide them with you, where they are safe from the attacks of men; you conceal them in a shelter, where they are safe from slanderous attacks.

  • 17to turn a person from his sin, and to cover a person’s pride.

  • 13When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food.(If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)

  • 12Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.