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Job 21:15–16

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What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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From verse 15

  1. Exodus 5:2Rank 1 from verse 15
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    2And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

  2. Job 34:9Rank 2 from verse 15
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    9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

  3. Malachi 1:13–14Rank 3 from verse 15
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    13Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.

    14But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

  4. Isaiah 30:11Rank 4 from verse 15
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    11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

  5. Proverbs 30:9Rank 5 from verse 15
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    9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

From verse 16

  1. Job 22:18Rank 1 from verse 16
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    18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  2. Psalms 1:1Rank 2 from verse 16
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    1BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

  3. Genesis 49:6Rank 3 from verse 16
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    6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

  4. Proverbs 1:10Rank 4 from verse 16
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    10¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

  5. Psalms 49:6–7Rank 5 from verse 16
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    6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

    7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

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Job 21:15

COMBINED MEANING

should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

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

COMBINED MEANING

serve

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To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

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profit

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Sense 1: Benefit or advantage. Sense 2: To benefit, improve, or advance.

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

COMBINED MEANING

pray

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Sense 1: To ask, beseech, request, or entreat. Sense 2: To make requests or supplications to God, or address him in worship.

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Job 21:16

COMBINED MEANING

lo

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An exclamation meaning look, see, behold, observe, or take notice, used to call immediate attention to what follows.

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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counsel

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1. A purpose, plan, design, or settled decision. 2. Advice, guidance, or direction. 3. Wisdom, judgment, or understanding for determining a course. 4. As a verb, to advise, direct, or recommend a course.

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14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

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16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

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