Job 13:7 Cross References

Job 13:7

7: "Are you defending God by means of lies and dishonest arguments?

"Shouldn't someone answer this torrent of words? Is a person proved innocent just by talking a lot?
Should I remain silent while you babble on? When you mock God, shouldn't someone make you ashamed?
You claim, `My teaching is pure,' and `I am clean in the sight of God.'

We reject all shameful and underhanded methods. We do not try to trick anyone, and we do not distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know that.

"Stop and think! Does the innocent person perish? When has the upright person been destroyed?

For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing God a service.

"But," some say, "our sins serve a good purpose, for people will see God's goodness when he declares us sinners to be innocent. Isn't it unfair, then, for God to punish us?" (That is actually the way some people talk.)
Of course not! If God is not just, how is he qualified to judge the world?
"But," some might still argue, "how can God judge and condemn me as a sinner if my dishonesty highlights his truthfulness and brings him more glory?"
If you follow that kind of thinking, however, you might as well say that the more we sin the better it is! Those who say such things deserve to be condemned, yet some slander me by saying this is what I preach!

They denounce their companions for their own advantage, so let their children faint with hunger.

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