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Job 15:11–12

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Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
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From verse 11

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:3–5Rank 1 from verse 11
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    3Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

    4Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

    5For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

  2. Job 13:2Rank 2 from verse 11
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    2What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

  3. 1 Kings 22:24Rank 3 from verse 11
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    24But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?

  4. 2 Corinthians 7:6Rank 4 from verse 11
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    6Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

  5. Job 11:13–19Rank 5 from verse 11
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    13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

    14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

    15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

    16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

    17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

    18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

    19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

From verse 12

  1. Mark 7:21–22Rank 1 from verse 12
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    21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

    22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

  2. Psalms 35:19Rank 2 from verse 12
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    19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

  3. Acts 5:3–4Rank 3 from verse 12
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    3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

    4Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

  4. Acts 8:22Rank 4 from verse 12
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    22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

  5. James 1:14–15Rank 5 from verse 12
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    14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

    15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

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Job 15:11

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small

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1. Little or limited in size, amount, number, extent, strength, power, rank, or importance. 2. Fine or minute; broken or ground into small particles. 3. In “no small,” considerable or great. 4. In “small cattle,” sheep and goats, as distinguished from oxen or larger cattle.

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secret

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1. Hidden, concealed, private, or not openly known. 2. A hidden matter, counsel, or mystery.

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Job 15:12

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

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carry

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To bear, convey, support, lead, or transport from one place to another.

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

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15:1THEN answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

15:2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

15:4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

15:5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

15:6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

15:7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

15:8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

15:9What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

15:10With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

15:11Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

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15:12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

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15:13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

15:14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

15:15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

15:16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

15:17I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

15:18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

15:19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

15:20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

15:21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

15:24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

15:25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

15:26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

15:27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

15:28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

15:31Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

15:32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

15:33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

15:34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

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