Job 33:24

A Third Way God Warns People

²³ If there is a messenger for him, a mediator, one among a thousand, to declare for man his uprightness, ²⁴ then He is gracious to him and says, Deliver him from going down to the Pit; for I have found a ransom. ²⁵ His flesh shall be fresher than in vigor; he shall return to the days of his youth;

Go Down to the Pit

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Job 33:18

He keeps back his soul from the Pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

Exodus 33:19

And He said, I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of Jehovah before you. And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will have mercy on whom I will have mercy.

Exodus 34:6-7

And Jehovah passed by before him and proclaimed, Jehovah! Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Job 22:21

Now be of service with Him, and be at peace. Good shall come to you by them.

Job 36:10-11

He also opens their ears to teaching, and commands that they return from iniquity.

Job 36:18

For beware wrath, that He not lure you with His scorn; then a great ransom cannot turn you aside.

Psalm 22:4

Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted, and You delivered them.

Psalm 30:9-12

What profit is in my blood, in going down to the pit? Shall the dust praise You? Shall it tell of Your truth?

Psalm 40:2

He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock, and gave sureness to my steps.

Psalm 49:7-8

A man cannot at all redeem a brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,

Psalm 71:3

Be a rock of refuge for me, to which I may always go; You have commanded to save me; for You are my Rock and my Fortress.

Psalm 86:5

For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and rich in mercy to all those who call on You.

Psalm 86:13

For great is Your mercy toward me; and You have delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

Psalm 86:15

But You, O God, are God full of pity, and gracious, long-suffering, and rich in mercy and truth.

Isaiah 38:17-19

Behold, I had great bitterness for peace; but You loved my soul from the pit of destruction. You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? For as often as I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still. Therefore My heart is troubled for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says Jehovah.

Hosea 14:2

Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah. Say to Him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously, that we may repay with the calves of our lips.

Hosea 14:4

I will heal their backslidings; I will love them freely; for My anger has turned away from him.

Micah 7:18-20

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not keep His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.

Zechariah 9:11

You also, by the blood of Your covenant I have freed Your prisoners out of the pit in which is no water.

Matthew 20:28

even as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.

Romans 3:24-26

being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

Romans 5:20-21

But the Law entered so that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound,

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

1 Peter 1:18-19

knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers,