Job 31:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:8-9 : 8 The LORD judges the nations. Vindicate me, LORD, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One! 9 May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!
  • Ps 17:2-3 : 2 Make a just decision on my behalf! Decide what is right! 3 You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.
  • Dan 5:27 : 27 As for teqel– you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking.
  • Mic 6:11 : 11 I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.
  • Matt 7:23 : 23 Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“The Lord knows those who are his,” and“Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”
  • Ps 26:1 : 1 By David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have integrity, and I trust in the LORD without wavering.
  • Ps 139:23 : 23 Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!
  • Prov 16:11 : 11 Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.
  • Isa 26:7 : 7 God’s People Anticipate Vindication The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.
  • Josh 22:22 : 22 “El, God, the LORD! El, God, the LORD! He knows the truth! Israel must also know! If we have rebelled or disobeyed the LORD, don’t spare us today!
  • 1 Sam 2:3 : 3 Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly. Proud talk should not come out of your mouth! For the LORD is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.
  • Job 6:2 : 2 “Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too!
  • Job 27:5-6 : 5 I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity! 6 I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.
  • Ps 1:6 : 6 Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 31:4-5
    2 verses
    80%

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

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

  • Job 31:7
    80%

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

  • Ps 26:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1By David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have integrity, and I trust in the LORD without wavering.

    2Examine me, O LORD, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!

  • Ps 26:11
    79%

    11But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!

  • Job 6:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1Job Replies to Eliphaz Then Job responded:

    2“Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too!

  • Mic 6:11
    78%

    11I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.

  • Job 27:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!

    6I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

  • Ps 25:21
    75%

    21May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!

  • Ps 17:2
    74%

    2Make a just decision on my behalf! Decide what is right!

  • Ps 7:8
    73%

    8The LORD judges the nations. Vindicate me, LORD, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One!

  • Job 6:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28Other Explanation“Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!

    29Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!

  • Job 34:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5For Job says,‘I am innocent, but God turns away my right.

    6Concerning my right, should I lie? My wound is incurable, although I am without transgression.’

  • Job 31:28
    73%

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

  • Ps 139:23
    72%

    23Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!

  • Prov 11:1
    72%

    1The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.

  • Job 10:6
    72%

    6that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,

  • Ps 7:3
    72%

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

  • Prov 16:11
    72%

    11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

  • Ps 18:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

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

    24The LORD rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior.

  • Job 23:7
    72%

    7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Ps 41:12
    72%

    12As for me, you uphold me because of my integrity; you allow me permanent access to your presence.

  • 2 Sam 22:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

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

    25The LORD rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior.

  • Job 16:17
    72%

    17although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

  • Job 31:37
    72%

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

  • Job 33:9
    71%

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

  • Job 19:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

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

    6know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net.

  • Job 13:18
    71%

    18See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.

  • Job 9:20
    71%

    20Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.

  • Job 40:8
    71%

    8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

  • Job 23:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

    11My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.

  • Isa 26:7
    71%

    7God’s People Anticipate Vindication The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

  • Job 10:14
    71%

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

  • Job 13:15
    71%

    15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

  • Job 34:32
    71%

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

  • Job 6:9
    71%

    9And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.

  • Ps 18:21
    71%

    21For I have obeyed the LORD’s commands; I have not rebelled against my God.

  • Job 31:22
    71%

    22then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.

  • Job 9:2
    71%

    2“Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?

  • Job 9:28
    71%

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

  • Job 36:3
    70%

    3With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness.