Job 34:31

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

³⁰ so that godless men should not rule
or ensnare the people. ³¹ Suppose someone says to God,
“I have endured my punishment;
I will no longer act wickedly.
³² Teach me what I cannot see;
if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.”

Lifted Up

O God

Job

No

Micah 7:9

Because I have sinned against Him,
I must endure the Lord’s rage
until He argues my case
and establishes justice for me.
He will bring me into the light;
I will see His salvation.

Leviticus 26:41

and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled, and if they will pay the penalty for their sin,

Ezra 9:13-14

After all that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and terrible guilt—though You, our God, have punished us less than our sins deserve and have allowed us to survive—

Nehemiah 9:33-38

You are righteous concerning all that has come on us,
because You have acted faithfully,
while we have acted wickedly.

Job 33:27

He will look at men and say,
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.

Job 40:3-5

Then Job answered the Lord:

Job 42:6

Therefore I take back my words
and repent in dust and ashes.

Jeremiah 31:18-19

I have heard Ephraim moaning,
“You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined
like an untrained calf.
Restore me, and I will return,
for you, Lord, are my God.

Daniel 9:7-14

Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but this day public shame belongs to us: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel—those who are near and those who are far, in all the countries where You have dispersed them because of the disloyalty they have shown toward You.