Job 34:9

Modern English Version

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself in God.’

Cross References

Job 35:3

For you said, ‘What advantage will it be to me? What profit will I have if I am cleansed from my sin?’

Malachi 3:14

You said, “It is vain to serve God. What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, and that we have walked as mourners before the Lord of Hosts?

Psalm 37:4

Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

Job 27:10

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call upon God?

Job 22:17

They said to God, ‘Depart from us,’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’

Job 21:30

For the wicked are reserved for the day of destruction; they will be brought forth on the day of wrath.

Psalm 50:18

When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you partake with adulterers.

Psalm 73:13

Surely I have kept my heart clean in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.

Job 22:3

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless?

Isaiah 58:3

“Why have we fasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You take no notice?” Behold, in the day of your fast you find your desire and are exacting on all your laborers.