Job 35:8

Webster's Bible (1833)

Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; And your righteousness may profit a son of man.

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  • Gen 12:2 : 2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
  • Gen 18:24-33 : 24 What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are therein? 25 Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?" 26 Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake." 27 Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes. 28 What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there." 29 He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake." 30 He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there." 31 He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake." 32 He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake." 33 Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
  • Gen 19:29 : 29 It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
  • Josh 7:1-5 : 1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing: and the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. The men went up and spied out Ai. 3 They returned to Joshua, and said to him, Don't let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai; don't make all the people to toil there; for they are but few. 4 So there went up there of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 The men of Ai struck of them about thirty-six men; and they chased them [from] before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
  • Josh 22:20 : 20 Didn't Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man didn't perish alone in his iniquity.
  • Job 42:8 : 8 Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has."
  • Ps 106:23 : 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them.
  • Ps 106:30 : 30 Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, So the plague was stopped.
  • Eccl 9:18 : 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
  • Ezek 22:30 : 30 I sought for a man among them, who should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.
  • Jonah 1:12 : 12 He said to them, "Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great tempest is on you."
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 saying, 'Don't be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 35:6-7
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    6 If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

    7 If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

  • Job 36:17-18
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    17 "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

    18 Don't let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

  • Job 35:2-3
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    2 "Do you think this to be your right, Or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'

    3 That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

  • 12 I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.

  • 14 There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

  • 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from death.

  • 27 He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it didn't profit me.

  • Job 22:2-3
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    2 "Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

    3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    10 Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

    11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; For the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

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    17 The merciful man does good to his own soul, But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

    18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, But one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

  • 3 Is it good to you that you should oppress, That you should despise the work of your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?

  • Prov 11:4-5
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    4 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.

    5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • 18 Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.

  • 9 "By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

  • 8 A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked takes his place.

  • 12 You, son of man, tell the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his disobedience; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall he who is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sins.

  • 23 Who acquit the guilty for a bribe, But deny justice for the innocent!

  • 10 Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, He will fall into his own trap; But the blameless will inherit good.

  • 15 All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evil-doing.

  • Prov 21:7-8
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    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, Because they refuse to do what is right.

    8 The way of the guilty is devious, But the conduct of the innocent is upright.

  • 24 He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" Peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him--

  • 8 According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, And sow trouble, Reap the same.

  • Job 34:8-9
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    8 Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?

    9 For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.'

  • 16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

  • 8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

  • 15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting-place:

  • 5 Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.

  • 13 "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, The heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

  • 13 As says the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be on you.

  • 1 Righteous are you, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet would I reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

  • 6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, But wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • 26 A righteous person is cautious in friendship, But the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • 1 > Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.

  • 27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

  • 6 An evil man is snared by his sin, But the righteous can sing and be glad.

  • 8 Better is a little with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

  • 11 For the work of a man will he render to him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.

  • 16 Better is a little that the righteous has, Than the abundance of many wicked.

  • 31 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; How much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • 35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

  • 10 You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.