Job 22:17

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Job 22:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

15 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?

16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

18 But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

19 The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

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Job 21:10

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Job 21:14

Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

Job 21:15

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

Isaiah 30:11

Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”

Matthew 8:29

“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

Matthew 8:34

Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

Romans 1:28

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Malachi 3:14

You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?