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Job 15:12
Job 15:12 is verse 12 of Job chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
Or blink
King James Version
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
World English Bible
Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
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Job 15:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible
10 Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.
11 Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
12 Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
13 as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
14 What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
Mark 7:21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
Mark 7:22greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
Acts 5:3Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
Acts 5:4Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”
Acts 8:22Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
James 1:14But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
James 1:15Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Job 17:2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
Psalms 35:19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
Proverbs 6:13winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.