Job 33:24

A Third Way God Warns People

²³ "If there is a messenger beside him, a mediator, one of a thousand, to declare to a human being his uprightness ²⁴ {so that} he is gracious [to] him, and he says, 'Deliver him from descending into [the] pit; I have found a ransom.' ²⁵ His flesh is renewed with [his] youth; he returns to [the] days of his youthful strength.

Go Down to the Pit

Going Down to the Pit

Be Gracious

Job

Job 33:18

He spares his life from [the] pit and his life from passing over the river [of death].

Exodus 33:19

And he said, "I myself will cause all my goodness to pass over before you, and I will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you, and I will be gracious [to] whom I will be gracious, and I will show compassion [to] whom I will show compassion."

Exodus 34:6-7

And Yahweh passed over before him, and he proclaimed, "Yahweh, Yahweh, God, [who is] compassionate and gracious, {slow to anger}, and abounding with loyal love and faithfulness,

Job 22:21

"Please reconcile yourself with him, and be at peace; {in this way}, good will come to you.

Job 36:10-11

So he opens their ear to the discipline, and he commands that they return from mischief.

Job 36:18

Yes, [it is] wrath, so that it will not incite you into mockery; and do not let [the] ransom's greatness turn you aside.

Psalm 22:4

Our ancestors trusted you; they trusted and you delivered them.

Psalm 30:9-12

"What gain [is there] in my {death}, in my going down into [the] pit? Will [the] dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?

Psalm 40:2

And [so] he brought me up from [the] roaring pit, from the miry clay. And he put my feet upon a rock; he made my steps steady.

Psalm 49:7-8

Surely a man cannot redeem a brother. He cannot give to God his ransom

Psalm 71:3

Be for me a rock of refuge to resort to always; you have ordained to save me, because you [are] my rock and my fortress.

Psalm 86:5

For you, O Lord, [are] good and forgiving, and abundant in loyal love for all who call to you.

Psalm 86:13

because your loyal love [is] great toward me, and you will have delivered my life from Sheol below.

Psalm 86:15

But you, O Lord, [are] a compassionate and gracious God, {slow to anger} and abundant in loyal love and faithfulness.

Isaiah 38:17-19

Look! Bitterness was bitter to me for peace. And you were the one who loved my life from [the] pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

Jeremiah 31:20

[Is] Ephraim my dear son, or [the] child of [my] delight? For {as often as} I have earnestly spoken against him, I still remember him. {Therefore} my bowels are turbulent for him, surely I will have compassion on him," {declares} Yahweh.

Hosea 14:2

Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Say to him, "Take away all guilt; accept good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips.

Hosea 14:4

I will heal their disloyalty; I will love them freely because my anger has turned back from them.

Micah 7:18-20

Who [is] a God like you, forgiving sin and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, for he delights in loyal love.

Zechariah 9:11

[As for] you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from {the waterless pit}.

Matthew 20:28

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life [as] a ransom for many."

Romans 3:24-26

being justified as a gift by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,

Romans 5:20-21

Now the law came in as a side issue, in order that the trespass could increase, but where sin increased, grace was present in greater abundance,

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony at the proper time,

1 Peter 1:18-19

[because you] know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold,