• Job 32:1-3
    So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was aroused against Job; his wrath was aroused because he justified himself rather than God. Also against his three friends his wrath was aroused, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
     
  • Job 1:8-11
    Then the LORD said to Satan, 'Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?' So Satan answered the LORD and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”
     
  • Job 2:3-5
    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause.” So Satan answered the LORD and said, 'Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”
     
  • Job 33:6-14
    Truly I am as your spokesman before God;
    I also have been formed out of clay. Surely no fear of me will terrify you,
    Nor will my hand be heavy on you. “Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
    And I have heard the sound of your words, saying, ‘I am pure, without transgression;
    I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me. Yet He finds occasions against me,
    He counts me as His enemy; He puts my feet in the stocks,
    He watches all my paths.’ “Look, in this you are not righteous.
    I will answer you,
    For God is greater than man. Why do you contend with Him?
    For He does not give an accounting of any of His words. For God may speak in one way, or in another,
    Yet man does not perceive it.
     
  • Job 33:19-30
    “Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,
    And with strong pain in many of his bones, So that his life abhors bread,
    And his soul succulent food. His flesh wastes away from sight,
    And his bones stick out which once were not seen. Yes, his soul draws near the Pit,
    And his life to the executioners. “If there is a messenger for him,
    A mediator, one among a thousand,
    To show man His uprightness, Then He is gracious to him, and says,
    ‘ Deliver him from going down to the Pit;
    I have found a ransom’; His flesh shall be young like a child’s,
    He shall return to the days of his youth. He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him,
    He shall see His face with joy,
    For He restores to man His righteousness. Then he looks at men and says,
    ‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right,
    And it did not profit me.’ He will redeem his soul from going down to the Pit,
    And his life shall see the light. “ Behold, God works all these things,
    Twice, in fact, three times with a man, To bring back his soul from the Pit,
    That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
     
  • Job 34:31-37
    “For has anyone said to God,
    ‘I have borne chastening;
    I will offend no more; Teach me what I do not see;
    If I have done iniquity, I will do no more’? Should He repay it according to your terms,
    Just because you disavow it?
    You must choose, and not I;
    Therefore speak what you know. “Men of understanding say to me,
    Wise men who listen to me: ‘Job speaks without knowledge,
    His words are without wisdom.’ Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost,
    Because his answers are like those of wicked men! For he adds rebellion to his sin;
    He claps his hands among us,
    And multiplies his words against God.”

     
  • Job 35:2-16
    “Do you think this is right?
    Do you say,
    ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’? For you say,
    ‘What advantage will it be to You?
    What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’ “I will answer you,
    And your companions with you. Look to the heavens and see;
    And behold the clouds—
    They are higher than you. If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him?
    Or, if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him? If you are righteous, what do you give Him?
    Or what does He receive from your hand? Your wickedness affects a man such as you,
    And your righteousness a son of man. “ Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;
    They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty. But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
    Who gives songs in the night, Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth,
    And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’ There they cry out, but He does not answer,
    Because of the pride of evil men. Surely God will not listen to empty talk,
    Nor will the Almighty regard it. Although you say you do not see Him,
    Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait for Him. And now, because He has not punished in His anger,
    Nor taken much notice of folly, Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain;
    He multiplies words without knowledge.”

     
  • Job 40:1-14
    Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said: “Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
    He who rebukes God, let him answer it.” Then Job answered the LORD and said: “ Behold, I am vile;
    What shall I answer You?
    I lay my hand over my mouth. Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
    Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.” Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: “Now prepare yourself like a man;
    I will question you, and you shall answer Me: “ Would you indeed annul My judgment?
    Would you condemn Me that you may be justified? Have you an arm like God?
    Or can you thunder with a voice like His? Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
    And array yourself with glory and beauty. Disperse the rage of your wrath;
    Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low;
    Tread down the wicked in their place. Hide them in the dust together,
    Bind their faces in hidden darkness. Then I will also confess to you
    That your own right hand can save you.
     
  • Job 42:1-8
    Then Job answered the LORD and said: "I know that You can do everything,
    And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. You asked, "Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?"
    Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
    Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. Listen, please, and let me speak;
    You said, "I will question you, and you shall answer Me." "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
    But now my eye sees You. Therefore I abhor myself,
    And repent in dust and ashes." And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, 'My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, 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, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.'
     
  • Ezekiel 14:14
    Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness,' says the Lord GOD.
     
  • 1 Corinthians 13:8-13
    Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
     
  • James 5:11
    Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
     
  • Job 3:1-16
    After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. And Job spoke, and said: “May the day perish on which I was born,
    And the night in which it was said,
    ‘A male child is conceived.’ May that day be darkness;
    May God above not seek it,
    Nor the light shine upon it. May darkness and the shadow of death claim it;
    May a cloud settle on it;
    May the blackness of the day terrify it. As for that night, may darkness seize it;
    May it not rejoice among the days of the year,
    May it not come into the number of the months. Oh, may that night be barren!
    May no joyful shout come into it! May those curse it who curse the day,
    Those who are ready to arouse Leviathan. May the stars of its morning be dark;
    May it look for light, but have none,
    And not see the dawning of the day; Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb,
    Nor hide sorrow from my eyes. “Why did I not die at birth?
    Why did I not perish when I came from the womb? Why did the knees receive me?
    Or why the breasts, that I should nurse? For now I would have lain still and been quiet,
    I would have been asleep;
    Then I would have been at rest With kings and counselors of the earth,
    Who built ruins for themselves, Or with princes who had gold,
    Who filled their houses with silver; Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child,
    Like infants who never saw light?
     
  • Job 6:6-7
    Can flavorless food be eaten without salt?
    Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? My soul refuses to touch them;
    They are as loathsome food to me.
     
  • Job 7:17
    “What is man, that You should exalt him,
    That You should set Your heart on him,
     
  • Job 9:1-19
    Then Job answered and said: "Truly I know it is so,
    But how can a man be righteous before God? If one wished to contend with Him,
    He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand. God is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
    Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered? He removes the mountains, and they do not know
    When He overturns them in His anger; He shakes the earth out of its place,
    And its pillars tremble; He commands the sun, and it does not rise;
    He seals off the stars; He alone spreads out the heavens,
    And treads on the waves of the sea; He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
    And the chambers of the south; He does great things past finding out,
    Yes, wonders without number. If He goes by me, I do not see Him;
    If He moves past, I do not perceive Him; If He takes away, who can hinder Him?
    Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’ God will not withdraw His anger,
    The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him. “How then can I answer Him,
    And choose my words to reason with Him? For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him;
    I would beg mercy of my Judge. If I called and He answered me,
    I would not believe that He was listening to my voice. For He crushes me with a tempest,
    And multiplies my wounds without cause. He will not allow me to catch my breath,
    But fills me with bitterness. If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong;
    And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?
     
  • Job 9:32-35
    "For He is not a man, as I am,
    That I may answer Him,
    And that we should go to court together. Nor is there any mediator between us,
    Who may lay his hand on us both. Let Him take His rod away from me,
    And do not let dread of Him terrify me. Then I would speak and not fear Him,
    But it is not so with me.
     
  • Job 10:2-22
    I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
    Show me why You contend with me. Does it seem good to You that You should oppress,
    That You should despise the work of Your hands,
    And smile on the counsel of the wicked? Do You have eyes of flesh?
    Or do You see as man sees? Are Your days like the days of a mortal man?
    Are Your years like the days of a mighty man, That You should seek for my iniquity
    And search out my sin, Although You know that I am not wicked,
    And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand? ‘Your hands have made me and fashioned me,
    An intricate unity;
    Yet You would destroy me. Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay.
    And will You turn me into dust again? Did You not pour me out like milk,
    And curdle me like cheese, Clothe me with skin and flesh,
    And knit me together with bones and sinews? You have granted me life and favor,
    And Your care has preserved my spirit. ‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart;
    I know that this was with You: If I sin, then You mark me,
    And will not acquit me of my iniquity. If I am wicked, woe to me;
    Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.
    I am full of disgrace;
    See my misery! If my head is exalted,
    You hunt me like a fierce lion,
    And again You show Yourself awesome against me. You renew Your witnesses against me,
    And increase Your indignation toward me;
    Changes and war are ever with me. ‘Why then have You brought me out of the womb?
    Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me! I would have been as though I had not been.
    I would have been carried from the womb to the grave. Are not my days few?
    Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort, Before I go to the place from which I shall not return,
    To the land of darkness and the shadow of death, A land as dark as darkness itself,
    As the shadow of death, without any order,
    Where even the light is like darkness.’”

     
  • Job 13:15
    Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
    Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
     
  • Job 13:26
    For You write bitter things against me,
    And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
     
  • Job 14:16-17
    For now You number my steps,
    But do not watch over my sin. My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
    And You cover my iniquity.
     
  • Job 29:2
    “Oh, that I were as in months past,
    As in the days when God watched over me;
     
  • Job 29:7-17
    “When I went out to the gate by the city,
    When I took my seat in the open square, The young men saw me and hid,
    And the aged arose and stood; The princes refrained from talking,
    And put their hand on their mouth; The voice of nobles was hushed,
    And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
    And when the eye saw, then it approved me; Because I delivered the poor who cried out,
    The fatherless and the one who had no helper. The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
    And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
    My justice was like a robe and a turban. I was eyes to the blind,
    And I was feet to the lame. I was a father to the poor,
    And I searched out the case that I did not know. I broke the fangs of the wicked,
    And plucked the victim from his teeth.
     
  • Job 30:19-22
    He has cast me into the mire,
    And I have become like dust and ashes. “I cry out to You, but You do not answer me;
    I stand up, and You regard me. But You have become cruel to me;
    With the strength of Your hand You oppose me. You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride on it;
    You spoil my success.
     
  • Job 31:1
    “I have made a covenant with my eyes;
    Why then should I look upon a young woman?
     
  • Job 31:35-37
    Oh, that I had one to hear me!
    Here is my mark.
    Oh, that the Almighty would answer me,
    That my Prosecutor had written a book! Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,
    And bind it on me like a crown; I would declare to Him the number of my steps;
    Like a prince I would approach Him.
     
  • Job 37:1-2
    “At this also my heart trembles,
    And leaps from its place. Hear attentively the thunder of His voice,
    And the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
     
  • Job 37:13
    He causes it to come,
    Whether for correction,
    Or for His land,
    Or for mercy.
     
  • Job 37:23-24
    As for the Almighty, we cannot find Him;
    He is excellent in power,
    In judgment and abundant justice;
    He does not oppress. Therefore men fear Him;
    He shows no partiality to any who are wise of heart.”
     
  • Job 38:2-3
    “Who is this who darkens counsel
    By words without knowledge? Now prepare yourself like a man;
    I will question you, and you shall answer Me.
     
  • Job 38:33
    Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
    Can you set their dominion over the earth?
     
  • Job 38:41
    Who provides food for the raven,
    When its young ones cry to God,
    And wander about for lack of food?
     
  • Job 39:2-29
    Can you number the months that they fulfill?
    Or do you know the time when they bear young? They bow down,
    They bring forth their young,
    They deliver their offspring. Their young ones are healthy,
    They grow strong with grain;
    They depart and do not return to them. “Who set the wild donkey free?
    Who loosed the bonds of the onager, Whose home I have made the wilderness,
    And the barren land his dwelling? He scorns the tumult of the city;
    He does not heed the shouts of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture,
    And he searches after every green thing. “Will the wild ox be willing to serve you?
    Will he bed by your manger? Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes?
    Or will he plow the valleys behind you? Will you trust him because his strength is great?
    Or will you leave your labor to him? Will you trust him to bring home your grain,
    And gather it to your threshing floor? “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
    But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s? For she leaves her eggs on the ground,
    And warms them in the dust; She forgets that a foot may crush them,
    Or that a wild beast may break them. She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers;
    Her labor is in vain, without concern, Because God deprived her of wisdom,
    And did not endow her with understanding. When she lifts herself on high,
    She scorns the horse and its rider. “Have you given the horse strength?
    Have you clothed his neck with thunder? Can you frighten him like a locust?
    His majestic snorting strikes terror. He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;
    He gallops into the clash of arms. He mocks at fear, and is not frightened;
    Nor does he turn back from the sword. The quiver rattles against him,
    The glittering spear and javelin. He devours the distance with fierceness and rage;
    Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded. At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’
    He smells the battle from afar,
    The thunder of captains and shouting. “Does the hawk fly by your wisdom,
    And spread its wings toward the south? Does the eagle mount up at your command,
    And make its nest on high? On the rock it dwells and resides,
    On the crag of the rock and the stronghold. From there it spies out the prey;
    Its eyes observe from afar.
     
  • Job 41:7-11
    Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
    Or his head with fishing spears? Lay your hand on him;
    Remember the battle—
    Never do it again! Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false;
    Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him? No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.
    Who then is able to stand against Me? Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
    Everything under heaven is Mine.
     
  • Job 41:15-17
    His rows of scales are his pride,
    Shut up tightly as with a seal; One is so near another
    That no air can come between them; They are joined one to another,
    They stick together and cannot be parted.
     
  • Psalm 74:14
    You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces,
    And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

     
  • Ecclesiastes 5:2
    Do not be rash with your mouth,
    And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God.
    For God is in heaven, and you on earth;
    Therefore let your words be few.

     
  • Isaiah 14:12-14
    "How you are fallen from heaven,
    O Lucifer, son of the morning!
    How you are cut down to the ground,
    You who weakened the nations!
    For you have said in your heart:
    'I will ascend into heaven,
    I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
    I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
    On the farthest sides of the north;
    I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
    I will be like the Most High.'

     
  • Isaiah 27:1
    In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and strong,
    Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
    Leviathan that twisted serpent;
    And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.
     
  • Ezekiel 28:12-15
    "Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:
    "You were the seal of perfection,
    Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
    You were in Eden, the garden of God;
    Every precious stone was your covering:
    The sardius, topaz, and diamond,
    Beryl, onyx, and jasper,
    Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.
    The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes
    Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
    "You were the anointed cherub who covers;
    I established you;
    You were on the holy mountain of God;
    You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
    You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created,
    Till iniquity was found in you.

     
  • Ezekiel 28:17
    "Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty;
    You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;
    I cast you to the ground,
    I laid you before kings,
    That they might gaze at you.

     
  • Matthew 5:1-3
    And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:
    "Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

     
  • Romans 9:20
    But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, "Why have you made me like this?"
     
  • 1 Corinthians 4:7
    For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
     
  • 1 Corinthians 15:10
    But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
     
  • 2 Corinthians 12:7-9
    And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
     
  • Ephesians 1:4
    just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
     
  • James 1:21-25
    Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
     
  • James 1:27
    Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
     
  • Revelation 3:17
    Because you say, "I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing"—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—
     
  • Revelation 12:3
    And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
     
  • Revelation 12:10
    Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, 'Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.