Job 7:21

God's Word

Why don’t you forgive my disobedience and take away my sin? Soon I’ll lie down in the dust. Then you will search for me, but I’ll be gone!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:10

After David counted the people, his conscience troubled him. David said to the Lord, “I have committed a terrible sin by what I have done. Lord, please forgive me because I have acted very foolishly.”

Job 10:14

“ ‘If I sin, you watch me and will not free me from my guilt.

Job 10:9

Please remember that you made me out of clay and that you will return me to the dust again.

Job 13:19

Who can make a case against me? If someone could, I’d be silent and die.

Job 14:10

But a human dies and is powerless. A person breathes his last breath, and where is he?

Job 17:14

if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘You are my mother and sister,’

Job 20:8

He will fly away like a dream and not be found. He will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Job 27:19

He may go to bed rich, but he’ll never be rich again. When he opens his eyes, nothing will be left.

Job 3:13

Instead of being alive, I would now be quietly lying down. I would now be sleeping peacefully.

Job 33:9

⌞You said,⌟ ‘I’m pure—without any rebellious acts ⌞against God⌟. I’m clean; I have no sin.

Job 7:8

The eye that watches over me will no longer see me. Your eye will look for me, but I’ll be gone.

Job 8:1

Then Bildad from Shuah replied ⌞to Job⌟,

Job 9:28

I ⌞still⌟ dread everything I must suffer. I know that you won’t declare me innocent.

Psalm 103:15

Human life is as short-lived as grass. It blossoms like a flower in the field.

Psalm 37:36

But he moved on, and now there is no trace of him. I searched for him, but he could not be found.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then the dust ⌞of mortals⌟ goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it.

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead will live. Their corpses will rise. Those who lie dead in the dust will wake up and shout for joy, because your dew is a refreshing dew, and the earth will revive the spirits of the dead.

Isaiah 64:9

Don’t be too angry, Lord. Don’t remember our sin forever. Now look, we are all your people.

Daniel 12:2

Many sleeping in the ground will wake up. Some will wake up to live forever, but others will wake up to be ashamed and disgraced forever.

Hosea 14:2

Return to the Lord, and say these things to him: “Forgive all our sins, and kindly receive us. Then we’ll praise you with our lips.

John 1:29

John saw Jesus coming toward him the next day and said, “Look! This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us to set us free from every sin and to cleanse us so that we can be his special people who are enthusiastic about doing good things.

1 John 1:9

God is faithful and reliable. If we confess our sins, he forgives them and cleanses us from everything we’ve done wrong.

1 John 3:5

You know that Christ appeared in order to take away our sins. He isn’t sinful.