Job 42:6

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Summary

Job 42:6

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

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General references

Job 13:22

Job 34:31

Bible References

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Yet You would plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would abhor me.

Then Job answered the Lord and said,

and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have risen above our heads and our guilt has grown even to the heavens.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

“So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:
I will remove its hedge and it will be consumed;
I will break down its wall and it will become trampled ground.

‘For after I turned back, I repented;
And after I was instructed, I smote on my thigh;
I was ashamed and also humiliated
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

so that you may remember and be ashamed and never open your mouth anymore because of your humiliation, when I have forgiven you for all that you have done,” the Lord God declares.

There you will remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for all the evil things that you have done.

Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and your abominations.

I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight;

and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also.

even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;

Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

General references

“Then call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, then reply to me.

“For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne chastisement;
I will not offend anymore;