Job 9:23

New Century Version

If the whip brings sudden death, God will laugh at the suffering of the innocent.

Cross References

Genesis 17:17

Abraham bowed facedown on the ground and laughed. He said to himself, “Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth to a child when she is ninety?”

2 Samuel 14:15

My master and king, I came to say this to you because the people have made me afraid! I thought, ‘Let me talk to the king. Maybe he will do what I ask.

2 Samuel 14:17

“Now I say, ‘May the words of my master the king give me rest. Like an angel of God, you know what is good and what is bad. May the Lord your God be with you!’ ”

Job 2:7

So Satan left the Lord’s presence. He put painful sores on Job’s body, from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.

Job 24:12

Dying people groan in the city, and the injured cry out for help, but God accuses no one of doing wrong.

Job 4:7

“Remember that the innocent will not die; honest people will never be destroyed.

Job 8:20

“Surely God does not reject the innocent or give strength to those who do evil.

Psalm 44:22

But for you we are in danger of death all the time. People think we are worth no more than sheep to be killed.

Ezekiel 21:13

“ ‘The test will come. And Judah, who is hated by the armies of Babylon, will not last, says the Lord God.’