Job 35:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But the one who misses me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death."
  • Jer 7:19 : 19 But I am not really the one being troubled!” says the LORD.“Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame!
  • Prov 9:12 : 12 If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you have mocked, you alone must bear it.

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

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    2“Do you think this to be just: when you say,‘My right before God.’

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    5Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!

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    23Who has prescribed his ways for him? Or said to him,‘You have done what is wicked’?

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    3Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless?

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    12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

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

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    3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

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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?

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    3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

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    3If you, O LORD, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?

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

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    13Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?

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    36“The time will come when your people will sin against you(for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry at them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their land, whether far away or close by.

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    13You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?

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    6and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom– for true wisdom has two sides– so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.

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

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    39Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?

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    23How many are my iniquities and sins? Show me my transgression and my sin.

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    2“When a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,

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

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

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    13But you have said,‘What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

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    34Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

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