Job 6:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Friends’ Fears“Have I ever said,‘Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the LORD and before his chosen king. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, and I will return it to you!”
  • Job 42:11 : 11 So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the LORD had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
  • Acts 20:33 : 33 I have desired no one’s silver or gold or clothing.

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