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Job 13:7–8

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Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
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From verse 7

  1. Job 36:4Rank 1 from verse 7
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    4For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

  2. Job 27:4Rank 2 from verse 7
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    4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

  3. 2 Corinthians 4:2Rank 3 from verse 7
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    2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

  4. Job 11:2–4Rank 4 from verse 7
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    2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

    3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

    4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

  5. Job 17:5Rank 5 from verse 7
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    5He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

  6. Job 32:21–22Rank 6 from verse 7
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    21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

    22For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

  7. Job 4:7Rank 7 from verse 7
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    7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

  8. John 16:2Rank 8 from verse 7
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    2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

  9. Romans 3:5–8Rank 9 from verse 7
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    5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

    6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

    7For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

    8And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

From verse 8

  1. Exodus 23:2–3Rank 1 from verse 8
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    2¶ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

    3¶ Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

  2. Proverbs 24:23Rank 2 from verse 8
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    23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

  3. Job 32:21Rank 3 from verse 8
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    21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

  4. Job 34:19Rank 4 from verse 8
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    19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

  5. Leviticus 19:15Rank 5 from verse 8
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    15¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

  6. Malachi 2:9Rank 6 from verse 8
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    9Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 13:7

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

deceitfully

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A deceitful manner; fraudulently; with deceit; in a manner or with a view to deceive.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Job 13:8

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

accept

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Sense 1: To receive or consent to what is offered; to approve. Sense 2: To regard with favour or partiality.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

contend

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1. To strive against or oppose, whether in battle, dispute, or judgment. 2. To strive earnestly for or in support of a person or cause.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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13:6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

13:7Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

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13:8Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

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13:9Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

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