Job 36:23

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Job 36:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

21 Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.

22 Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?

23 Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?

24 Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.

25 All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.

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Job 34:13

Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?

Job 34:14

If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,

Job 34:15

all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

Job 34:16

If you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words.

Job 34:17

Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,

Job 34:18

who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’

Job 34:19

who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

Job 34:20

They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.

Job 34:21

For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.

Job 34:22

There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

Job 34:23

For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.

Job 34:24

He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.

Job 34:25

Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

Job 34:26

He strikes them for their wickedness in full view,

Job 34:27

because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.

Job 34:28

They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

Job 34:29

But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

Job 34:30

that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.

Job 34:31

Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.

Job 34:32

Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’

Job 34:33

Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed His? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.

Isaiah 40:13

Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?

Isaiah 40:14

Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?

Romans 11:34

“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”

1 Corinthians 2:16

“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Ephesians 1:11

In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

Job 8:3

Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Job 34:10

Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.

Job 40:8

Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

Romans 2:5

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Romans 3:5

But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

Romans 9:14

What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!