Bible Cross References
ye yourselves
Job 21:28-30
28
You ask, "Where are the homes of great people now, those who practiced evil?"
29
Haven't you talked with people who travel? Don't you know the reports they bring back?
30
On the day God is angry and punishes, it is the wicked who are always spared.
Ecclesiastes 8:14
But this is nonsense. Look at what happens in the world: sometimes the righteous get the punishment of the wicked, and the wicked get the reward of the righteous. I say it is useless.
Ecclesiastes 9:1-3
1
I thought long and hard about all this and saw that God controls the actions of wise and righteous people, even their love and their hate. No one knows anything about what lies ahead.
2
It makes no difference. The same fate comes to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the bad, to those who are religious and those who are not, to those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. A good person is no better off than a sinner; one who takes an oath is no better off than one who does not.
3
One fate comes to all alike, and this is as wrong as anything that happens in this world. As long as people live, their minds are full of evil and madness, and suddenly they die.
altogether
Job 6:25-29
25
Honest words are convincing, but you are talking nonsense.
26
You think I am talking nothing but wind; then why do you answer my words of despair?
27
You would even roll dice for orphan slaves and make yourselves rich off your closest friends!
28
Look me in the face. I won't lie.
29
You have gone far enough. Stop being unjust. Don't condemn me. I'm in the right.
Job 13:4-9
4
You cover up your ignorance with lies; you are like doctors who can't heal anyone.
5
Say nothing, and someone may think you are wise!
6
Listen while I state my case.
7
Why are you lying? Do you think your lies will benefit God?
8
Are you trying to defend him? Are you going to argue his case in court?
9
If God looks at you closely, will he find anything good? Do you think you can fool God the way you fool others?
Job 16:3
Are you going to keep on talking forever? Do you always have to have the last word?
Job 17:2
I watch how bitterly everyone mocks me.
Job 19:2
(SEE 19:1)
Job 19:3
Time after time you insult me and show no shame for the way you abuse me.
Job 21:3
Give me a chance to speak and then, when I am through, sneer if you like.
Job 26:2-4
2
(SEE 26:1)
3
You give such good advice and share your knowledge with a fool like me!
4
Who do you think will hear all your words? Who inspired you to speak like this?