Job 9:20

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

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“If it is a matter of strength and power, behold, He is mighty!
And if of justice, who can summon and challenge Him?
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“Though I am innocent and in the right, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty;
Though I am blameless, He would denounce me as guilty.
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“[Though] I am blameless,
I do not care about myself;
I despise my life.

Perfect Man

Put Forth

Job

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Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God [with reverence] and abstained from and turned away from evil [because he honored God].

Job 4:17

‘Can [mortal] man be just before God or be more righteous than He?
Can a man be pure before his Maker or be more cleansed than He?

Job 9:2

“Yes, I know it is true.
But how can a mortal man be right before God?

Job 15:5-6

“For your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose [to speak] the language of the crafty and cunning.

Job 32:1-2

So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes [and could not be persuaded otherwise by them].

Job 33:8-13

“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your words, saying:

Job 34:35

‘Job speaks without knowledge,
And his words are without wisdom and insight.

Job 35:16

Job uselessly opens his mouth
And multiplies words without knowledge [drawing the worthless conclusion that the righteous have no more advantage than the wicked].”

Psalm 130:3

If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly,
O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?

Psalm 143:2

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.

Proverbs 10:19

When there are many words, transgression and offense are unavoidable,
But he who controls his lips and keeps thoughtful silence is wise.

Proverbs 17:20

He who has a crooked mind finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said,

“Woe is me! For I am ruined,
Because I am a man of [ceremonially] unclean lips,
And I live among a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”

Matthew 12:36-37

But I tell you, on the day of judgment people will have to give an accounting for every careless or useless word they speak.

Luke 10:29

But he, wishing to justify and vindicate himself, asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 16:15

So He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts [your thoughts, your desires, your secrets]; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

Philippians 3:12-15

Not that I have already obtained it [this goal of being Christlike] or have already been made perfect, but I actively press on so that I may take hold of that [perfection] for which Christ Jesus took hold of me and made me His own.

1 Timothy 6:5

and perpetual friction between men who are corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who think that godliness is a source of profit [a lucrative, money-making business—withdraw from them].

James 3:2

For we all stumble and sin in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says [never saying the wrong thing], he is a perfect man [fully developed in character, without serious flaws], able to bridle his whole body and rein in his entire nature [taming his human faults and weaknesses].