Job 27:5

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Job 27:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

5 I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.

6 I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

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Job 32:3

and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

Job 42:7

After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.

Galatians 2:11

When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.

Job 2:9

Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Job 13:15

Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.

Job 29:14

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

2 Corinthians 1:12

And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.