Job 16:17

Everything Was Going Well

¹⁶ My face has grown red with weeping,
and darkness covers my eyes,
¹⁷ although my hands are free from violence
and my prayer is pure. ¹⁸ Earth, do not cover my blood;
may my cry for help find no resting place.

Job

No

Job 8:5-6

But if you earnestly seek God
and ask the Almighty for mercy,

Job 11:14

if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it,
and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents—

Job 15:20

A wicked man writhes in pain all his days;
only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

Job 15:34

For the company of the godless will have no children,
and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.

Job 21:27-28

I know your thoughts very well,
the schemes you would wrong me with.

Job 22:5-9

Isn’t your wickedness abundant
and aren’t your iniquities endless?

Job 27:6-7

I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go.
My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live!

Job 29:12-17

For I rescued the poor man who cried out for help,
and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.

Job 31:1-40

I have made a covenant with my eyes.
How then could I look at a young woman?

Psalm 7:3-5

Yahweh my God, if I have done this,
if there is injustice on my hands,

Psalm 44:17-21

All this has happened to us,
but we have not forgotten You
or betrayed Your covenant.

Psalm 66:18-19

If I had been aware of malice in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs cannot become clothing,
and they cannot cover themselves with their works.
Their works are sinful works,
and violent acts are in their hands.

Jonah 3:8

Furthermore, both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth, and everyone must call out earnestly to God. Each must turn from his evil ways and from the violence he is doing.

1 Timothy 2:8

Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.