Job 4:17

God's Word

‘Can ⌞any⌟ mortal be righteous to God? Can ⌞any⌟ human being be pure to his maker?’

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

It would be unthinkable for you to do such a thing, to treat the innocent and the guilty alike and to kill the innocent with the guilty. That would be unthinkable! Won’t the judge of the whole earth do what is fair?”

Job 14:4

“If only an unclean person could become clean! It’s not possible.

Job 15:14

Why should a mortal be considered faultless or someone born of a woman be considered righteous?

Job 25:4

How can a person be righteous to God? How can anyone born of a woman be pure?

Job 31:15

Didn’t he who made me in my mother’s belly make them? Didn’t the same God form us in the womb?

Job 32:22

I don’t know how to flatter. If I did, my maker would soon carry me away.

Job 35:10

But no one asks, ‘Where is God, my Creator, who inspires songs in the night,

Job 35:2

“Do you think this is right when you say, ‘My case is more just than God’s,’

Job 36:3

I will get my knowledge from far away and prove that my Creator is fair.

Job 4:16

Something stood there. I couldn’t tell what it was. A vague image was in front of my eyes. I heard a soft voice:

Job 40:8

“Would you undo my justice? Would you condemn me so that you can be righteous?

Job 8:3

Does God distort justice, or does the Almighty distort righteousness?

Job 9:2

“Yes, I know that this is true. But how can a mortal be declared righteous to God?

Psalm 143:2

Do not take me to court for judgment, because there is no one alive who is righteous in your presence.

Psalm 145:17

The Lord is fair in all his ways and faithful in everything he does.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Certainly, there is no one so righteous on earth that he always does what is good and never sins.

Jeremiah 12:1

O Lord, even if I would argue my case with you, you would always be right. Yet, I want to talk to you about your justice. Why do wicked people succeed? Why do treacherous people have peace and quiet?

Jeremiah 17:9

“The human mind is the most deceitful of all things. It is incurable. No one can understand how deceitful it is.

Romans 11:33

God’s riches, wisdom, and knowledge are so deep that it is impossible to explain his decisions or to understand his ways.

Romans 2:5

Since you are stubborn and don’t want to change the way you think and act, you are adding to the anger that God will have against you on that day when God vents his anger. At that time God will reveal that his decisions are fair.

Romans 9:20

Who do you think you are to talk back to God like that? Can an object that was made say to its maker, “Why did you make me like this?”

Revelation 4:8

Each of the four living creatures had six wings and were covered with eyes, inside and out. Without stopping day or night they were singing, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, who is, and who is coming.”