Job 33:23

A Third Way God Warns People

²² “Then his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.
²³ “If there is an angel as mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To remind a man what is right for him,
²⁴ Then let him be gracious to him, and say,
‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,
I have found a ransom’;

With God

Job

Ecclesiastes 7:28

which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these.

Malachi 3:1

“Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.

Judges 2:1

Now the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

2 Chronicles 36:15-16

The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place;

Nehemiah 9:33

“However, You are just in all that has come upon us;
For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.

Job 9:3

“If one wished to dispute with Him,
He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.

Job 11:6

And show you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom has two sides.
Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.

Job 34:10

“Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding.
Far be it from God to do wickedness,
And from the Almighty to do wrong.

Job 34:12

“Surely, God will not act wickedly,
And the Almighty will not pervert justice.

Job 34:32

Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity,
I will not do it again’?

Job 35:14

“How much less when you say you do not behold Him,
The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

Job 36:3

“I will fetch my knowledge from afar,
And I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Job 36:8-13

“And if they are bound in fetters,
And are caught in the cords of affliction,

Job 37:23

“The Almighty—we cannot find Him;
He is exalted in power
And He will not do violence to justice and abundant righteousness.

Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O Lord,
And whom You teach out of Your law;

Psalm 119:75

I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are righteous,
And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

Isaiah 61:1-3

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed me
To bring good news to the afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to captives
And freedom to prisoners;

Lamentations 3:22-23

The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease,
For His compassions never fail.

Lamentations 3:32

For if He causes grief,
Then He will have compassion
According to His abundant lovingkindness.

Lamentations 3:39-41

Why should any living mortal, or any man,
Offer complaint in view of his sins?

Ezekiel 18:25-28

Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right?

Daniel 9:14

Therefore the Lord has kept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.

Haggai 1:13

Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke by the commission of the Lord to the people saying, “‘I am with you,’ declares the Lord.”

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Acts 8:30

Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

Romans 11:13

But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

1 Corinthians 11:30-32

For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.

2 Corinthians 5:20

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Hebrews 12:5-12

and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
Nor faint when you are reproved by Him;