God Is Just
“Call now—is there anyone who will answer you?And to which of the aholy ones will you turn?Job 15:152 “For aanger slays the foolish man,And jealousy kills the simple .Prov 12:16; 27:33 “I have seen the afoolish taking root and outwardly prospering,But I bcursed his dwelling immediately for his destruction was certain.Jer 12:2Job 24:18; 31:304 “His achildren are far from safety and included in their father’s ruin,They are oppressed and crushed in the court of justice in the city’s gate,And there is no 1one to rescue them.Lit deliverer.Job 4:115 “The hungry devour his harvestAnd take it even when it grows among the thorns;The atrap opens for his wealth.Job 18:8-10; 22:106 “For aaffliction does not come forth from the dust,Nor does trouble spring forth from the ground.Job 15:357 “For aman is born for trouble,As naturally as sparks fly upward.Job 14:1
8 “As for me, I would aseek God and inquire of Him,And I would commit my cause to God;Job 13:2, 3; Ps 50:159 Who adoes great and unsearchable things,Marvelous things without number.Job 9:10; 37:14, 16; 42:310 “He agives rain upon the earthAnd sends waters upon the fields,Job 36:27-29; 37:6-11; 38:2611 So that aHe sets on high those who are lowly,And He lifts to safety those who mourn.Job 22:29; 36:712 “He afrustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of lasting worth.Ps 33:1013 “He acatches the so-called wise in their own shrewdness,And the advice of the devious is quickly thwarted. 1+@Cor 3:19, 20Job 37:24; 1 Cor 3:1914 “In the daytime they ameet in darkness,And at noon they grope as in the night.Job 12:25; 15:30; 18:18; 20:26; 24:1315 “But God saves the innocent from athe sword of the mouth of the devious,And bthe poor from the hand of the mighty.Job 4:10, 11; Ps 35:10Job 29:17; 34:28; 36:6, 15; 38:1516 “So the helpless have hope,And ainjustice shuts its mouth.Ps 107:42
17 “aBehold, how happy and fortunate is the man whom God reproves,So do not despise or reject the bdiscipline of the Almighty subjecting you to trial and suffering.Ps 94:12Job 36:15, 16; Prov 3:11; Heb 12:5-11; James 1:1218 “For aHe inflicts pain, but He binds up and gives relief;He wounds, but His hands also heal.Deut 32:39; 1 Sam 2:6; Is 30:26; Hos 6:119 “aHe will rescue you from six troubles;Even in seven, bevil will not touch you.Ps 34:19Ps 91:1020 “In afamine He will redeem you from death,And bin war from the power of the sword.Ps 33:19; 37:19Ps 144:1021 “You will be ahidden from the scourge of the tongue,bAnd you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.Job 5:15; Ps 31:20Ps 91:5, 622 “You will alaugh at violence and famine,bAnd you will not be afraid of the wild beasts of the earth.Job 8:21Ps 91:13; Ezek 34:25; Hos 2:1823 “For you will be in harmony with the stones of the field,And athe beasts of the field will be at peace with you.Is 11:6-9; 65:2524 “You will know also that your atent is secure and at peace,And you will visit your dwelling and fear no loss nor find anything amiss.Job 8:625 “You will know also that your adescendants will be many,And byour offspring as the grass of the earth.Ps 112:2Is 44:3, 4; 48:1926 “You will acome to your grave in old age,Like the stacking of grain on the threshing floor in its season.Job 42:1727 “Behold this; we have investigated it, and it is true.Hear and heed it, and know for yourself for your own good.”