Job 21:27
Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
BSB
ASV
Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
KJV
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Ver. 27, 28. Behold I know your thoughts, and the devices that ye wrongfully imagine against me. For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwellings of the wicked? 63. For they had imagined him a wicked man, whom they saw, his substance gone, in a temporal way ruined. But the holy man judges them with a lofty review in proportion as amidst the losses which he had met with, he was standing with undiminished uprightness.
Behold, I know your thoughts - That is, “I see that you are not satisfied, and that you are disposed still to maintain your former position. You will be ready to ask, Where “are” the proofs of the prosperity of the wicked? Where “are” the palaces of the mighty? Where “are” the dwelling places of ungodly men!” And the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me - The course of sophistical argument which you pursue, the tendency and design of which is to prove that I am a wicked man.
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1 Peter 2:19For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
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Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
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Job 42:7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as…
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This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,
But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
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Psalms 119:86All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
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Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.