Job 4:12-21
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"Now a word was brought to me stealthily;
my ear received i the whisper of it.
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Amid j thoughts from k visions of the night,
when k deep sleep falls on men,
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dread came upon me, and trembling,
which made all my bones shake.
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A spirit glided past my face;
the hair of my flesh stood up.
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It stood still,
but I could not discern its appearance.
l A form was before my eyes;
there was silence, then I heard m a voice:
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n 'Can mortal man be in the right before God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?
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Even in his servants o he puts no trust,
and his angels he charges with error;
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how much more those who dwell in houses of p clay,
whose foundation is in q the dust,
who are crushed like r the moth.
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Between s morning and evening they are beaten to pieces;
they perish forever t without anyone regarding it.
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Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them,
u do they not die, and that without wisdom?'
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Job 26:14
Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
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Job 20:2
Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me.
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Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds.
Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
Genesis 15:12
As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him.
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's head, and they went away. No man saw it or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them.
Isaiah 29:10
For the Lord has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).
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Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds.
Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
Genesis 15:12
As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him.
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's head, and they went away. No man saw it or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them.
Isaiah 29:10
For the Lord has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).
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Numbers 12:8
With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
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1 Kings 19:12
And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper.
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Job 9:2
Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God?
Job 10:4
Have you eyes of flesh? Do you see as man sees?
Job 25:4
How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure?
Job 32:2
Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.
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Job 15:15
Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
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Job 10:9
Remember that you have made me like clay; and w...
Job 13:12
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defense...
Job 33:6
Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was p...
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the...
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to s...
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if the tent that is our earthl...
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Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
Genesis 18:27
Abraham answered and said, "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
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Job 13:28
Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
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Psalms 90:5 - 6
You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning:
Isaiah 38:12
My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end.
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Isaiah 42:25
So he poured on him the heat of his anger and the might of battle; it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand; it burned him up, but he did not take it to heart.
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity.
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Job 36:12
But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
Proverbs 5:23
He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.
Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
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