Job 4:17
“Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?
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Referenced Verses
- Job 9:2 : 2 “Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?
- Job 25:4 : 4 How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
- Ps 143:2 : 2 Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
- Ps 145:17 : 17 The LORD is just in all his actions, and exhibits love in all he does.
- Eccl 7:20 : 20 For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.
- Jer 12:1 : 1 LORD, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?
- Jer 17:9 : 9 The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
- Mark 7:20-23 : 20 He said,“What comes out of a person defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly. 23 All these evils come from within and defile a person.”
- Rom 2:5 : 5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!
- Rom 3:4-7 : 4 Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written:“so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.” 5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he?(I am speaking in human terms.) 6 Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world? 7 For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?
- Rom 9:20 : 20 But who indeed are you– a mere human being– to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder,“Why have you made me like this?”
- Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways!
- Rev 4:8 : 8 Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying:“Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!”
- Job 35:2 : 2 “Do you think this to be just: when you say,‘My right before God.’
- Job 35:10 : 10 But no one says,‘Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night,
- Job 40:8 : 8 Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
- Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye, 31 then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.
- Job 14:4 : 4 Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!
- Job 15:14 : 14 What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
- Gen 18:25 : 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing– to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”
- Job 8:3 : 3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
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13 when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?
14 What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
16 how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!
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4 How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
- Job 40:8-92 verses78%
8 Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
9 Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
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17 Insignificance of Humans“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?
- Job 33:12-132 verses77%
12 Now in this, you are not right– I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.
13 Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?
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16 It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:
- Job 14:3-42 verses76%
3 Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?
4 Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!
- Hab 1:12-132 verses76%
12 Habakkuk Voices Some Concerns LORD, you have been active from ancient times; my sovereign God, you are immortal. LORD, you have made them your instrument of judgment. Protector, you have appointed them as your instrument of punishment.
13 You 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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3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- Job 35:2-32 verses75%
2 “Do you think this to be just: when you say,‘My right before God.’
3 But you say,‘What will it profit you,’ and,‘What do I gain by not sinning?’
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2 “Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?
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23 For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.
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20 But who indeed are you– a mere human being– to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder,“Why have you made me like this?”
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18 If God puts no trust in his servants and attributes folly to his angels,
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4 For you have said,‘My teaching is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.’
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23 Who has prescribed his ways for him? Or said to him,‘You have done what is wicked’?
- Job 10:3-42 verses74%
3 Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?
4 Motivations of God“Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees?
- Job 22:3-42 verses74%
3 Is 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?
4 Is it because of your piety that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you?
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2 What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?
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17 Do you really think that one who hates justice can govern? And will you declare guilty the supremely Righteous One,
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32 For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.
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3 O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?
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4 Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
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2 Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
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14 then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?
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10 God is Not Unjust“Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, from the Almighty to do evil.
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7 “Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?
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22 Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges those that are on high?
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7 Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?
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3 Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?
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5 “Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,
- Job 34:12-132 verses72%
12 Indeed, in truth, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
13 Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world?
- Job 13:7-82 verses72%
7 Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?
8 Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?
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9 Who can say,“I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”?
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18 To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?
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2 “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”
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20 Can people make their own gods? No, what they make are not gods at all.”
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7 There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.