1Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:

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Job 2:11, Job 2:11, Job 20:1, Job 20:1

2Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified?

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Proverbs 10:19, Job 18:2, Proverbs 10:19, Job 18:2, Job 8:2

3Shall men hold their peace to thee only? and when thou hast mocked others, shall no man confute thee?

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Job 17:2, Job 17:2, Job 21:3, Psalms 35:16, Jeremiah 15:17

4For thou hast said: My word is pure, and I am clean in thy sight.

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Job 10:7, Job 10:7, Job 6:10, Job 6:10, 1 Peter 3:15

5And I wish that God would speak with thee, and would open his lips to thee,

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Job 38:1, Job 38:2, Job 38:1, Job 38:2, Job 23:3

6That he might shew thee the secrets of wisdom, and that his law is manifold, and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee, than thy iniquity deserveth.

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Ezra 9:13, Ezra 9:13, Lamentations 3:22, Lamentations 3:22, Job 15:8

7Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly?

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Ecclesiastes 3:11, Romans 11:33, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Romans 11:33, Psalms 145:3

8He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know?

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Job 22:12, Job 22:12, Job 26:6, Psalms 139:6, Psalms 139:8

9The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

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Psalms 139:9, Psalms 139:10, Psalms 139:9, Psalms 139:10, Job 28:24

10If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him?

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Job 9:12, Job 9:13, Job 9:12, Job 9:13, Revelation 3:7

11For he knoweth the vanity of men, and when he seeth iniquity, doth he not consider it?

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Hebrews 4:13, Psalms 10:14, Hebrews 4:13, Psalms 10:14, Revelation 2:23

12A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt.

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James 2:20, James 2:20, James 3:13, James 3:17, Job 39:5

13But thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him.

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Psalms 143:6, Psalms 88:9, Psalms 143:6, Psalms 88:9, Psalms 78:8

14If thou wilt put away from thee the iniquity that is in thy hand, and let not injustice remain in thy tabernacle:

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Job 22:23, Job 22:23, Ezekiel 18:30, Ezekiel 18:31, Isaiah 1:15

15Then mayst thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear.

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Job 22:26, Job 22:26, 1 Timothy 2:8, 1 John 3:19, 1 John 3:22

16Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away.

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Isaiah 65:16, Isaiah 65:16, Ecclesiastes 5:20, John 16:21, Ecclesiastes 5:20

17And brightness like that of the noonday, shall arise to thee at evening: and when thou shalt think thyself consumed, thou shalt rise as the day star.

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Psalms 37:6, Isaiah 58:8, Isaiah 58:10, Psalms 37:6, Isaiah 58:8

18And thou shalt have confidence, hope being set before thee, and being buried thou shalt sleep secure.

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Proverbs 3:24, Proverbs 3:26, Proverbs 3:24, Proverbs 3:26, Psalms 4:8

19Thou shalt rest, and there shall be none to make thee afraid: and many shall entreat thy face.

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Isaiah 60:14, Isaiah 60:14, Psalms 45:12, Psalms 45:12, Revelation 3:9

20But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.

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Deuteronomy 28:65, Deuteronomy 28:65, Job 31:16, Job 17:5, Job 31:16