Job 4:6 Cross References - ISV

⁶ “Your fear of God has been your confidence, hasn’t it? The integrity of your life has been your hope, hasn’t it?

³ “Remember me, LORD,” he said, “how I have walked in your presence with integrity, with an undivided heart, and I have accomplished what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept deeply.

¹ Job’s FaithfulnessThere once was a man in the land of Uz named Job. The man was blameless as well as upright. He feared God and kept away from evil.

⁸ Then the LORD asked Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil.”
⁹ But in response, Satan asked the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing? ¹⁰ Haven’t you surrounded him with a fence on all sides, around his house, and around all that he owns? You have blessed everything he puts his hands on and you have increased his livestock in the land.

¹⁵ Even though he kills me, I’ll continue to hope in him. At least I’ll be able to argue my case to his face!

¹⁷ even though violence is not my intention, and my prayer is pure.”

¹⁵ where would my hope be? “And speaking of my hope, who would notice it?

¹¹ My feet stay where his footsteps lead; I kept on his pathway and haven’t turned aside. ¹² I haven’t wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I’ve treasured what he has said more than my own meals.”

⁵ Far be it from me to admit that you’re right! I intend to maintain my integrity even if it kills me! ⁶ I’ll retain my righteousness and not compromise it; my conscience won’t rebuke me at any time.

¹² because I delivered the poor who were crying for help, along with orphans who had no one to help them. ¹³ Those who were about to die blessed me, and I made widows sing for joy. ¹⁴ I put on righteousness like clothing; my just decisions were like a robe and a turban. ¹⁵ I served as eyes for the blind and feet for the lame. ¹⁶ I was a father to the needy; I diligently inquired into the case of those I didn’t know. ¹⁷ I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop the prey.”

¹ Job Asserts His Moral Innocence “I made a covenant with my eyes; how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin? ² What would I have from God above, what heritage from the Almighty on high, ³ if not calamity that is due the unjust, and misfortune that is due those who practice iniquity? ⁴ He watches my life, observing every one of my actions, does he not?”
⁵ No Lies and Deception“If I’ve lived my life in the company of vanity, or run quickly to embrace deception, ⁶ let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity. ⁷ If I have stepped away from the way, or if my heart covets whatever my eyes see, or if some other blemish clings to my hands, ⁸ what I’ve planted, let another eat or let my crops be uprooted.”
⁹ No Adultery“If my heart has been seduced by a woman and I’ve laid in wait at my friend’s door, ¹⁰ then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her, ¹¹ because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged. ¹² The fires of Abaddon will burn, disrupting every part of my eternal reward.”
¹³ No Abuse of Servants“If I’ve refused to help my male and female servants when they complain against me, ¹⁴ what will I do when God stands up to act? When he asks the questions, how will I answer him? ¹⁵ The one who made me in the womb made them, too, didn’t he? Didn’t the same one prepare each of us in the womb?”
¹⁶ No Injustice on the Poor“If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow, ¹⁷ if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans, ¹⁸ (even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father, and even though I had guided the widow from the time I was born), ¹⁹ if I’ve observed someone who is about to die for lack of clothes or if I have no clothing to give to the poor, ²⁰ if he hadn’t thanked me from the bottom of his heart, if he had not been warmed by wool from my sheep, ²¹ if I’ve raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court, ²² then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder. ²³ For I’m terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur.”
²⁴ No Trust in Wealth and Heavenly Bodies“If I’ve put my confidence in gold, if I’ve told gold, ‘You’re my security,’ ²⁵ if I’ve found joy in great wealth that I own, if I’ve earned a lot with my own hands, ²⁶ if I look at the sun when it shines or the moon as it rises in steady splendor, ²⁷ so that in the depths of my deceived heart I worshipped them with my mouth and hands, ²⁸ this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above.”
²⁹ No Rejoicing over the Plight of Adversary“Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him? ³⁰ No, I haven’t allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse. ³¹ People in my household have said, ‘We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,’ haven’t they? ³² No stranger ever spent the night in the street, because I opened my doors to travelers.”
³³ No Secret Sins“Have I covered my transgression like other people, to conceal iniquity within myself? ³⁴ Have I feared large crowds? Has my family’s contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn’t go outside?”
³⁵ Request for A Hearing“Who will grant me a hearing? Here’s my signature—let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me, ³⁶ I’ll wear it on my shoulder, or tie it on my head for a crown! ³⁷ I’ll give an account for every step I’ve taken; I’ll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief.”
³⁸ No Abuse of the Land“If my land were to cry out against me or if all its furrows wept as one, ³⁹ If I’ve consumed its produce without paying for it and snuffed out the life of its owners; ⁴⁰ may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley.”
With this, Job’s discourse with his friends is completed.

²⁶ Indeed, the LORD will be your confidence, and he will keep your foot from being caught.

²⁶ Rock-solid security is found in the fear of the LORD, and within it one’s children find refuge.

¹³ Be HolyTherefore, prepare your minds for action, keep a clear head, and set your hope completely on the grace to be given you when Jesus, the Messiah, is revealed.

¹⁷ If you call “Father” the one who judges everyone impartially according to what they have done, you must live in reverent fear as long as you are strangers in a strange land.