Job 31:38

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Job’s Final Solemn Oath“If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together,

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 20:27 : 27 The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.
  • Ps 65:13 : 13 The meadows are clothed with sheep, and the valleys are covered with grain. They shout joyfully, yes, they sing.
  • Hab 2:11 : 11 For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

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    39if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,

  • Job 31:37
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    37I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him.

  • Job 31:7-8
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    75%

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

    8then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.

  • Job 31:12-14
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    74%

    12For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.

    13“If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,

    14then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

  • Job 21:4
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    4Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

  • Job 19:7-8
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    7Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

    8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.

  • Job 19:5
    72%

    5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me,

  • Job 3:24
    72%

    24For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.

  • Job 16:18
    72%

    18An Appeal to God as Witness“O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.

  • Gen 31:40
    72%

    40I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.

  • Job 30:25
    72%

    25Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

  • Job 31:35
    72%

    35Job’s Appeal“If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature– let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.

  • Job 30:31
    71%

    31My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.

  • Ps 129:3
    71%

    3The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.

  • Ps 38:16-18
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    71%

    16I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.

    17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

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

  • Job 31:16
    71%

    16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • Job 23:2
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    2“Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

  • Job 34:28
    71%

    28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

  • Joel 1:17-19
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    71%

    17The grains of seed have shriveled beneath their shovels. Storehouses have been decimated and granaries have been torn down, for the grain has dried up.

    18Listen to the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander around in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

    19To you, O LORD, I call out for help, for fire has burned up the pastures of the wilderness, flames have razed all the trees in the fields.

  • Job 13:19
    71%

    19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

  • Job 31:19-20
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    71%

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

    20whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,

  • Job 7:11
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    11Job Remonstrates with God“Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Isa 38:15
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    15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

  • Ps 55:2
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    2Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,

  • Ps 7:3
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    3O LORD my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

  • Job 9:31
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    31then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.

  • Job 31:4
    70%

    4Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?

  • Jer 8:18
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    18Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

  • Ps 142:2
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    2I pour out my lament before him; I tell him about my troubles.

  • Jer 48:31
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    31So I will weep with sorrow for Moab. I will cry out in sadness for all of Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Heres.

  • Ps 31:9-10
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    70%

    9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

    10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

  • Lam 3:8-9
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    8Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer.

    9He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.

  • Job 16:20
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    20My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

  • Jer 13:17
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    17But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly, and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the LORD’s flock, will be carried into exile.”

  • Job 31:25
    70%

    25if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,

  • Ps 39:12
    70%

    12Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am a foreign resident with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.

  • Job 30:28
    70%

    28I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

  • Job 31:29
    70%

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

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