Job 9:4

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Summary

Job 9:4

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

Wise in heart

Who hath hardened

General references

Exodus 9:17

Leviticus 26:24

Bible References

Wise in heart

If we were to speak of his strength, he is certainly strong; and if of his judgment, who shall cause us to meet?

Behold, God is mighty and does not despise; he is mighty in virtue of heart.

O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom thou hast made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.

To him that by intelligence made the heavens: for his mercy endures for ever.

And Daniel spoke and said, Blessed be the name of God from age to age for wisdom and might are his;

But at the end of the time I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes unto heaven, and my understanding was returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and glorified him that lives for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is through all ages:

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments and his ways past finding out!

which has over abounded in us in all wisdom and prudence;

To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the congregation the manifold wisdom of God,

Now unto him that is powerful to keep you without sin and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

Who hath hardened

Then should my comfort grow; I would hold on to sorrow without mercy; for I have not contradicted the words of the Holy One.

He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is prepared for him.

Hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

For otherwise this time I will send all my plagues upon thine heart and upon thy slaves and upon thy people that thou may know that there is none like me in all the earth.

And behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians that they shall follow them: and I will be glorified in Pharaoh and in all his host, in his chariots, and in his horsemen.

Blessed is the man that fears God always, but he that hardens his heart shall fall into evil.

He that being often reproved hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy.

But when his heart made itself arrogant, and his spirit hardened itself in pride, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him:

Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

General references

Thou even so dost exalt thyself against my people that thou wilt not let them go.

then will I also walk contrary unto you and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.