Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
He will
Whether thou refuse
What
Bible References
Should
Job 9:12
He takes away and who can hinder God? Who can say to God: 'What are you doing?'
Job 18:4
You tear yourself to pieces in your anger! Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place?
Isaiah 45:9
Does a clay pot dare argue with its maker, a pot that is like all the others? Does the clay ask the potter what he is doing? Does the pot complain that its maker has no skill?
Romans 9:20
Yes, but you, O man, who are you to answer back to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: Why have you made me this way? (Isaiah 45:9)
Romans 11:35
Or who has first given to him, that it shall be repaid to him again? (Job 41:11)
He will
Job 34:11
According to their deeds he will repay them. According to their ways he will make it befall them.
Job 15:31
Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless. He will get nothing in return.
Psalm 89:30
If his descendants abandon my law and do not live by my rules,
Proverbs 11:31
The righteous will be rewarded on the earth much more than the wicked and the sinner.
2 Thessalonians 1:6
It is a righteous thing for God to repay with affliction (great suffering and distress) those who afflict you.
Hebrews 2:2
If the word spoken through angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward (penalty).
Hebrews 11:26
He considered the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt. He looked intently (respectfully) for the payment of the reward.
Whether thou refuse
Psalm 135:6
Everything Jehovah desires he does in the heavens and in earth, and in the seas and all deep places.
Matthew 20:12
They said: 'The last ones have done only one hour's work. You have made them equal to us. We have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.'
What
Job 33:5
Answer me then, if you can, and prepare yourself to confront me.