Job 31:34

Easy To Read Version

I have never been afraid\par of what people might say.\par That fear never made me keep quiet.\par It never made me refuse to go outside.\par I am not afraid of people’s hate for me.\par

Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:18

Then the king of Assyria’s officers shouted loudly to the people of Jerusalem that were on the city wall. Those officers used the Hebrew language when they shouted to the people on the wall. Those officers of the king of Assyria did this to make the people of Jerusalem afraid. They said those things so they could capture the city of Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 13:28

Joiada was the son of Eliashib the high priest. One of Joiada’s sons was a son-in-law of Sanballat from Horon. I forced that man to leave this place. I forced him to run away.

Nehemiah 5:7

I calmed myself down and then I went to the rich families and the officials. I told them, “You are forcing your own people to pay interest on the money you loan them! \{You must stop doing that!\} Then I called for all the people to meet together.

Esther 4:11

“Mordecai, all the king’s leaders and all the people of the king’s provinces know this: The king has one law for any man or woman that goes to the king without being called. He must be put to death. The only way this law is not carried out is if the king puts out his gold scepter {\cf2\super [15]} to the person. If the king does that, then that person’s life will be saved. And I have not been called to go see the king for 30 days.”

Esther 4:14

If you keep quiet now, help and freedom for the Jews will come from another place. But you and your father’s family will all die. And who knows, maybe you have been chosen to be the queen for such a time as this?”

Job 22:8

Job, you have a lot of farm land.\par And people respect you.\par

Job 34:19

God does not love leaders\par more than other people.\par And God does not love rich people\par more that poor people.\par Why? Because God made every person.\par

Exodus 23:2

“Don’t do something just because everyone else is doing it. If a group of people are doing wrong, don’t join them. You must not let those people persuade you to do wrong things—you must do what is right and fair.

Exodus 32:27

Then Moses said to them, “I will tell you what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every man must get his sword and go from one end of the camp to the other. {You must punish these people, even if} each man must kill his brother, friends, and neighbors.’”

Proverbs 29:25

Fear is like a trap. But if you trust in the Lord, you will be safe.

Jeremiah 38:16

But King Zedekiah secretly swore an oath to Jeremiah. Zedekiah said, “The Lord gives us breath and life. As surely as the Lord lives I will not kill you, Jeremiah. And I promise not to give you to those officials that want to kill you.”

Jeremiah 38:19

But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “But I am afraid of the men of Judah that have already gone over to the side of the Babylonian army. I am afraid that the soldiers will give me to those men of Judah and they will treat me badly and hurt me.”

Micah 7:3

People are good at doing bad things\par with both hands.\par Officials ask for bribes.\par Judges take money\par to change their decisions in court.\par “Important leaders” \{don’t make\par good and fair decisions\}.\par They do whatever they want to do.\par

2 Corinthians 5:16

That is why we never become weak. Our physical body is becoming older and weaker, but our spirit inside us is made new every day.