Job 36:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.”
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“Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Take heed--do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than <FI>on<Fi> affliction.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 36:21 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 7:11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 34:7What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?
- Job 35:3For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
- Psalms 66:18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
- Ezekiel 14:4Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,
- Daniel 3:16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
- Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
- Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
- Matthew 13:21But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
- Matthew 16:24Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- Acts 5:40At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
- Hebrews 11:25He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
- 1 Peter 3:17For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
- 1 Peter 4:15Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.
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