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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
the multitude: Job 16:3, Job 18:2, Psalms 140:11, Proverbs 10:19, Acts 17:18, James 1:19
full of talk: Heb. of lips
Reciprocal: Job 8:2 - How long Job 12:2 - ye are the people Job 13:7 - General Job 15:2 - a wise man Job 16:2 - heard Job 16:4 - up words Job 24:25 - who will make Job 34:37 - multiplieth
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Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
thy lies: or, thy devices, Job 13:4, Job 15:2, Job 15:3, Job 24:25
mockest: Job 12:4, Job 13:9, Job 17:2, Job 34:7, Psalms 35:16, Jeremiah 15:17, Jude 1:18
make thee: Psalms 83:16, 2 Thessalonians 3:14, Titus 2:8
Reciprocal: Job 6:28 - if I lie Job 8:2 - How long Job 13:5 - General Job 16:2 - heard Job 19:3 - ye reproached Job 19:4 - I have erred Job 34:8 - General Job 34:37 - multiplieth Jeremiah 9:5 - deceive
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For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
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But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
Job 23:3-7, Job 31:35, Job 33:6-18, Job 38:1, Job 38:2, Job 40:1-5, Job 40:8, Job 42:7
Reciprocal: Job 9:14 - shall I Job 13:3 - Surely
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And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
show thee: Job 15:8, Job 15:11, Job 28:28, Deuteronomy 29:29, Psalms 25:14, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:47, Matthew 13:35, Romans 16:25, Romans 16:26, 1 Corinthians 2:9-11, Ephesians 3:5
God exacteth: Ezra 9:13, Psalms 103:10, Psalms 106:43-46, Lamentations 3:22
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:34 - Howbeit Job 12:2 - ye are the people Job 12:22 - discovereth Job 23:2 - heavier Job 28:7 - a path Job 33:23 - to Job 34:23 - he will Job 42:7 - ye have Ecclesiastes 1:15 - crooked Isaiah 19:12 - let them Lamentations 3:39 - a man
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Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
Canst: Job 5:9, Job 26:14, Job 37:23, Psalms 77:19, Psalms 145:3, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Isaiah 40:28, Matthew 11:27, Romans 11:33, 1 Corinthians 2:10, 1 Corinthians 2:16, Ephesians 3:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:1 - Almighty Genesis 32:29 - Wherefore Exodus 3:14 - I AM hath Exodus 33:23 - thou shalt Deuteronomy 29:29 - secret Ruth 1:20 - the Almighty Job 36:26 - we Job 37:5 - great Job 37:20 - surely Psalms 8:9 - General Psalms 36:6 - judgments Psalms 86:10 - For Psalms 139:6 - knowledge Proverbs 25:2 - the glory Proverbs 30:3 - nor Ecclesiastes 7:24 - General Ecclesiastes 8:17 - that a man Isaiah 19:12 - let them Isaiah 40:12 - measured Jeremiah 31:37 - If 1 Corinthians 13:9 - General Ephesians 3:18 - able
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It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
It is as high as heaven: Heb. the heights of heaven, Job 22:12, Job 35:5, 2 Chronicles 6:18, Psalms 103:11, Psalms 148:13, Proverbs 25:2, Proverbs 25:3, Isaiah 55:9
deeper: Job 26:6, Psalms 139:6-8, Amos 9:2, Ephesians 3:18, Ephesians 3:19
Reciprocal: Job 37:20 - surely Psalms 16:10 - my Ecclesiastes 7:24 - General 1 Corinthians 13:9 - General
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The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
longer: Job 28:24, Job 28:25, Psalms 65:5-8, Psalms 139:9, Psalms 139:10
Reciprocal: Job 38:5 - laid
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If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
If he cut off: or, If he make a change, Job 5:18, Job 9:4, Job 9:12, Job 9:13, Job 12:14, Job 34:29, Isaiah 41:27, Daniel 4:35
shut up: Job 38:8, Deuteronomy 32:30, Psalms 31:8, Revelation 3:7
hinder him: Heb. turn him away
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 9:2 - Who can stand 2 Chronicles 7:13 - If I shut up heaven Job 23:13 - who can Psalms 88:5 - cut Psalms 95:4 - In Ecclesiastes 7:13 - who
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For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
he knoweth: Psalms 94:11, Jeremiah 17:9, Jeremiah 17:10, John 2:24, John 2:25, Hebrews 4:13, Revelation 2:23
he seeth: Job 22:13, Job 22:14, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:14, Psalms 35:22, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Hosea 7:2, Habakkuk 1:13, Hebrews 4:13
Reciprocal: Psalms 33:15 - considereth Ezekiel 31:10 - and his 1 Corinthians 3:20 - that 1 Corinthians 4:6 - that ye James 2:20 - O vain
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For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
For vain: Heb. For empty, Psalms 62:9, Psalms 62:10, Psalms 73:22, Psalms 92:6, Ecclesiastes 3:18, Romans 1:22, James 2:20
would: Job 5:13, Job 12:2, Job 12:3, Job 28:28, Proverbs 30:2-4, Romans 12:16, 1 Corinthians 3:18-20, James 3:13-17
man be: Job 15:14, Psalms 51:5, Ephesians 2:3
a wild: Job 6:5, Job 39:5-8, Jeremiah 2:24
Reciprocal: Genesis 16:12 - be a Job 30:7 - brayed Psalms 94:11 - General Ecclesiastes 7:16 - neither Isaiah 5:21 - wise Jeremiah 8:8 - We Ezekiel 31:10 - and his 1 Corinthians 3:20 - that 1 Corinthians 4:6 - that ye 1 Corinthians 15:35 - How
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If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
prepare: Job 5:8, Job 8:5, Job 8:6, Job 22:21, Job 22:22, 1 Samuel 7:3, 2 Chronicles 12:14, 2 Chronicles 19:3, Psalms 78:8, Luke 12:47
stretch: Psalms 68:31, Psalms 88:9, Psalms 143:6
Reciprocal: Exodus 9:29 - spread 1 Kings 8:22 - General 2 Chronicles 6:12 - spread forth 2 Chronicles 30:19 - prepareth Ezra 7:10 - prepared Job 15:11 - the consolations Job 22:23 - return Job 36:11 - spend Psalms 44:20 - stretched Psalms 126:6 - that goeth Proverbs 3:25 - Be Isaiah 1:16 - Wash Lamentations 3:40 - search
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If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
iniquity: Job 4:7, Job 22:5, Isaiah 1:15
put it far: Job 22:23, Job 34:32, Ezekiel 18:30, Ezekiel 18:31, James 4:8
let not: Psalms 101:2, Zechariah 5:3, Zechariah 5:4
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 1:14 - put away 1 Samuel 7:3 - prepare Job 15:34 - the tabernacles Job 16:17 - Not for Job 18:18 - He shall be driven Job 19:3 - ye reproached Psalms 7:3 - if there Proverbs 4:15 - General Proverbs 4:24 - Put Isaiah 1:16 - Wash
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For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
lift up: Job 10:15, Job 22:26, Genesis 4:5, Genesis 4:6, Psalms 119:6, Psalms 119:7, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 1 Timothy 2:8, 1 John 2:28, 1 John 3:19-22
thou shalt be: Psalms 27:1, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 112:6-8, Proverbs 14:26, Proverbs 28:1
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:8 - Cain rose Psalms 107:41 - setteth
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Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
Because: Genesis 41:51, Proverbs 31:7, Ecclesiastes 5:20, Isaiah 54:4, Isaiah 65:16, John 16:21, Revelation 7:14-17
as waters: Job 6:15, Genesis 9:11, Isaiah 12:1, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 54:9
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And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
age: Job 42:11-17, Psalms 37:6, Psalms 92:14, Psalms 112:4, Proverbs 4:18, Isaiah 58:8-10, Micah 7:8, Micah 7:9, Zechariah 14:6, Zechariah 14:7, Malachi 4:2, Luke 2:26-32
be clearer than: Heb. arise above, etc
thou shalt: 1 Chronicles 29:10, Hosea 6:3
Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 6:10 - looketh Isaiah 58:10 - then
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And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
because: Job 6:11, Job 7:6, Job 22:27-29, Psalms 43:5, Proverbs 14:32, Romans 5:3-5, Colossians 1:27
thou shalt take: Leviticus 26:5, Leviticus 26:6, Psalms 3:5, Psalms 4:8, Proverbs 3:24-26
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Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
many: Job 42:8, Job 42:9, Genesis 26:26-31, Psalms 45:12, Proverbs 19:6, Isaiah 60:14, Revelation 3:9
make suit unto thee: Heb. intreat thy face
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:5 - dwell Leviticus 26:6 - ye shall Psalms 3:5 - I laid Psalms 4:8 - I will Psalms 119:58 - favour
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But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
the eyes: Job 31:16, Leviticus 26:16, Deuteronomy 28:65, Psalms 69:3, Lamentations 4:17
they shall not escape: Heb. flight shall perish from them, Amos 2:14, Amos 5:19, Amos 5:20, Amos 9:1-3, Hebrews 2:3
their hope: Job 8:13, Job 8:14, Job 18:14, Job 27:8, Proverbs 10:24, Proverbs 20:20, Luke 16:23-26
the giving up of the ghost: or, a puff of breath
Reciprocal: Exodus 14:25 - Let us flee Deuteronomy 28:32 - fail Joshua 8:20 - and they had Job 10:18 - given up Job 14:10 - man Proverbs 10:28 - but Proverbs 11:7 - General Proverbs 12:7 - wicked Jeremiah 25:35 - the shepherds