1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:

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Job 2:11, Job 2:11

2How long wilt thou speak such things? How long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

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Job 15:2, Job 6:26, Job 15:2, Job 6:26, 1 Kings 19:11

3Will God pervert judgment? Or will the Almighty pervert justice?

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Deuteronomy 32:4, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Deuteronomy 32:4, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Genesis 18:25

4As thy children sinned against him, He hath given them up to their transgression.

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Job 1:5, Job 1:5, Job 1:18, Job 1:19, Job 1:18

5But if thou wilt seek early to God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty,—

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James 4:7, James 4:10, James 4:7, James 4:10, Job 11:13

6If thou wilt be pure and upright, Surely he will yet arise for thee, And prosper thy righteous habitation;

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Isaiah 51:9, Isaiah 51:9, Isaiah 3:10, Isaiah 3:10, Proverbs 15:8

7So that thy beginning shall be small, And thy latter end very great.

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Job 42:12, Job 42:13, Job 42:12, Job 42:13, Matthew 13:31

8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And mark what hath been searched out by their fathers;

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Deuteronomy 32:7, Job 15:18, Deuteronomy 4:32, Deuteronomy 32:7, Job 15:18

9(For we are of yesterday and know nothing, Since our days upon the earth are but a shadow;)

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1 Chronicles 29:15, 1 Chronicles 29:15, Psalms 144:4, Psalms 144:4, Job 14:2

10Will not they instruct thee, and tell thee, And utter words from their understanding?

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Proverbs 18:15, Proverbs 18:15, Hebrews 11:4, Deuteronomy 11:19, Matthew 12:35

11"Can the paper-reed grow up without mire? Can the bulrush grow without water?

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Exodus 2:3, Isaiah 19:5, Isaiah 19:7, Exodus 2:3, Isaiah 19:5

12While it is yet in its greenness, and is not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.

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Jeremiah 17:6, Jeremiah 17:6, James 1:10, James 1:11, 1 Peter 1:24

13Such is the fate of all who forget God; So perisheth the hope of the ungodly.

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Psalms 9:17, Psalms 9:17, Job 13:16, Job 11:20, Job 13:16

14His confidence shall come to nought, And his trust shall prove a spider’s web.

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Isaiah 59:5, Isaiah 59:6, Isaiah 59:5, Isaiah 59:6

15He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; He shall lay fast hold on it, but it shall not endure.

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Job 27:18, Job 27:18, Luke 6:47, Luke 6:49, Matthew 7:24

16He is in full green before the sun, And his branches shoot forth over his garden;

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Psalms 80:11, Psalms 80:11, Psalms 37:35, Psalms 37:36, Job 5:3

17His roots are entwined about the heap, And he seeth the place of stones;

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Mark 11:20, Isaiah 40:24, Job 18:16, Isaiah 5:24, Jude 1:12

18When he shall be destroyed from his place, It shall deny him, saying, ‘I never saw thee.’

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Job 7:10, Job 7:10, Job 7:8, Psalms 37:36, Job 7:8

19Lo! such is the joy of his course! And others shall spring up from his place"

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Job 20:5, Job 20:5, Psalms 113:7, 1 Samuel 2:8, Psalms 113:7

20Behold, God will not cast away an upright man; Nor will he help the evil-doers.

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Job 4:7, Job 4:7, Psalms 37:37, Psalms 37:37, Psalms 37:24

21While he filleth thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with gladness,

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Psalms 126:2, Psalms 126:2, Genesis 21:6, Genesis 21:6, Psalms 126:6

22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, And the dwelling-place of the wicked shall come to nought.

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Psalms 132:18, Psalms 109:29, Psalms 132:18, Psalms 109:29, Psalms 35:26