Job 31:39

Job's Final Defense Continued

³⁸ If my land cries out against me
and its furrows join in weeping,
³⁹ if I have consumed its produce without payment
or shown contempt for its tenants,
⁴⁰ then let thorns grow instead of wheat
and stinkweed instead of barley.

The words of Job are concluded.

Job

1 Kings 21:19

Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you murdered and also taken possession?’ Then tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where the dogs licked Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick your blood!’”

James 5:4

Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Genesis 4:12

If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”

1 Kings 21:13-16

The two wicked men came in and sat opposite him. Then the wicked men testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Proverbs 1:19

Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;
it takes the lives of those who receive it.

Isaiah 26:21

For look, the Lord is coming from His place
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.
The earth will reveal the blood shed on it
and will no longer conceal her slain.

Ezekiel 22:6

“Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood.

Ezekiel 22:12-13

People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood. You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort your neighbors. You have forgotten Me.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.