Verse 29

But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 26:3 : 3 You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you.
  • Isa 32:17 : 17 Fairness will produce peace and result in lasting security.
  • Jer 27:8 : 8 But suppose a nation or a kingdom will not be subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Suppose it will not submit to the yoke of servitude to him. I, the LORD, affirm that I will punish that nation. I will use the king of Babylon to punish it with war, starvation, and disease until I have destroyed it.
  • John 14:27 : 27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage.
  • Rom 8:31-34 : 31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all– how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died(and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us.
  • Phil 4:7 : 7 And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
  • 2 Sam 7:1 : 1 The Lord Establishes a Covenant with David The king settled into his palace, for the LORD gave him relief from all his enemies on all sides.
  • 2 Kgs 18:9-9 : 9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah’s reign(it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel’s King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched up against Samaria and besieged it. 10 After three years he captured it(in the sixth year of Hezekiah’s reign); in the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign over Israel Samaria was captured. 11 The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor(the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes. 12 This happened because they did not obey the LORD their God and broke his covenant with them. They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the LORD’s servant, had commanded.
  • 2 Chr 36:14-17 : 14 All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. They defiled the LORD’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem. 15 The Babylonians Destroy Jerusalem The LORD God of their ancestors continually warned them through his messengers, for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the LORD got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment. 17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered their young men in their temple. He did not spare young men or women, or even the old and aging. God handed everyone over to him.
  • Job 12:14 : 14 If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.
  • Job 23:8-9 : 8 The Inaccessibility and Power of God“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him. 9 In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.
  • Job 23:13 : 13 But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.
  • Job 29:1-3 : 1 IV. Job’s Concluding Soliloquy(29:1-31:40)Job Recalls His Former Condition Then Job continued his speech: 2 “O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me, 3 when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
  • Ps 13:1 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
  • Ps 27:9 : 9 Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!
  • Ps 30:7 : 7 O LORD, in your good favor you made me secure. Then you rejected me and I was terrified.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
  • Isa 14:3-8 : 3 When the LORD gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform, 4 you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words:“Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased! 5 The LORD has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers. 6 It furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. It angrily ruled over nations, oppressing them without restraint. 7 The whole earth rests and is quiet; they break into song. 8 The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing,‘Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’