1Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,

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

2"Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should 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

3Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

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

4For you say, 'My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.'

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

5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,

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

6that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

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

7"Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

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

8They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?

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

9Its measure 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 passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

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

11For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn't consider it.

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

12An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.

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

13"If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.

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

14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

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

15Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:

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

16for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it 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

17Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.

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

18You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

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

19Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.

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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 fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."

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