Job 9:20

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

¹⁹ “If it is a matter of power, behold, He is the strong one!
And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
²⁰ “Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me;
Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.
²¹ “I am guiltless;
I do not take notice of myself;
I despise my life.

Perfect Man

Put Forth

Job

No

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil.

Job 4:17

‘Can mankind be just before God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?

Job 9:2

“In truth I know that this is so;
But how can a man be in the right before God?

Job 15:5-6

“For your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose the language of the crafty.

Job 32:1-2

Then these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Job 33:8-13

“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your words:

Job 34:35

‘Job speaks without knowledge,
And his words are without wisdom.

Job 35:16

So Job opens his mouth emptily;
He multiplies words without knowledge.”

Psalm 130:3

If You, Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?

Psalm 143:2

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous.

Proverbs 10:19

When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable,
But he who restrains his lips is wise.

Proverbs 17:20

He who has a crooked mind finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said,
“Woe is me, for I am ruined!
Because I am a man of unclean lips,
And I live among a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”

Matthew 12:36-37

But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.

Luke 10:29

But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 16:15

And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

Philippians 3:12-15

Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.