Job 12:4
It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!
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Job 12:4
It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!
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Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.
Genesis 7:1
And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.
Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.
Job 1:8
And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?
Ecclesiastes 7:20
There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
Ezekiel 14:14
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, only themselves would they keep safe by their righteousness, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 14:20
Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep son or daughter safe; only themselves would they keep safe through their righteousness.
Habakkuk 2:4
As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.
Luke 2:25
And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.
Luke 23:50
Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man
Acts 10:22
And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.
Romans 1:17
For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.
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Genesis 12:8
And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.
Psalms 55:16
As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.
Psalms 99:6
Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who gave honour to his name; they made prayers to the Lord, and he gave answers to them.
Psalms 116:2
He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days.
Psalms 116:3
The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 116:4
Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble.
Isaiah 12:4
And in that day you will say, Give praise to the Lord, let his name be honoured, give word of his doings among the peoples, say that his name is lifted up.
Romans 10:12
And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name:
Romans 10:13
Because, Whoever will give worship to the name of the Lord will get salvation.
Romans 10:14
But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?
1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
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Genesis 39:14
She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;
Genesis 39:17
Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me;
Numbers 22:29
And Balaam said to the ass, You have made me seem foolish: if only I had a sword in my hand I would put you to death.
Numbers 24:10
Then Balak was full of wrath against Balaam, and angrily waving his hands he said to Balaam, I sent for you so that those who are against me might be cursed, but now, see, three times you have given them a blessing.
Judges 16:10
Then Delilah said to Samson, See, you have been making sport of me with false words; now, say truly how may you be put in bands?
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.
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Exodus 22:27
For it is the only thing he has for covering his skin; what is he to go to sleep in? and when his cry comes up to me, I will give ear, for my mercy is great.
1 Chronicles 28:9
And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.
Job 5:8
But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:
Job 8:5
If you will make search for God with care, and put your request before the Ruler of all;
Job 10:2
I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.
Job 11:13
But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;
Job 22:27
You will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths.
Job 27:9
Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?
Psalms 34:17
The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.
Psalms 37:5
Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it.
Matthew 21:22
And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.
Philippians 4:6
Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.
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Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;
Job 12:12
Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.
Job 12:13
With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.
Job 12:14
Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.
Job 16:7
But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble.
Luke 16:26
And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.
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1 Samuel 17:42
And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy, red-haired and good-looking.
2 Samuel 6:16
And when the ark of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and jumping before the Lord; and to her mind he seemed foolish.
2 Chronicles 30:10
So the runners went from town to town through all the country of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun: but they were laughed at and made sport of.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.
Nehemiah 4:2
And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned come again out of the dust?
Psalms 119:141
I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders in mind.
Isaiah 53:3
Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
Jeremiah 15:17
I did not take my seat among the band of those who are glad, and I had no joy; I kept by myself because of your hand; for you have made me full of wrath.
Jeremiah 20:7
O Lord, you have been false to me, and I was tricked; you are stronger than I, and have overcome me: I have become a thing to be laughed at all the day, everyone makes sport of me.
Matthew 27:39
And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,
1 Corinthians 1:28
And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:
1 Corinthians 4:13
When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.
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Job 12:7
But put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you;
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Job 12:8
Or to the things which go flat on the earth, and they will give you wisdom; and the fishes of the sea will give you news of it.
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Job 13:20
Only two things do not do to me, then I will come before your face:
Job 14:6
Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.
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Job 18:2
How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.
Job 18:4
But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?
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Job 9:21
I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.
Job 17:8
The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.
Job 17:9
Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
Job 23:11
My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.
Job 23:12
I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
Psalms 84:11
The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
Proverbs 3:35
The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.
Proverbs 4:18
But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
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Job 29:3
When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.
Job 29:4
As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;
Job 29:5
While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;
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Psalms 52:6
The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:
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Psalms 52:7
See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.
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Proverbs 27:9
Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
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Job 16:4
It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:
Job 19:3
Ten times now you have made sport of me; it gives you no sense of shame to do me wrong.
Job 19:22
Why are you cruel to me, like God, for ever saying evil against me?
Psalms 35:14
My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.
Psalms 55:12
For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;
Matthew 27:41
In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,
Matthew 27:42
A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him.
Matthew 27:43
He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God.
2 Timothy 3:12
Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.
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Psalms 14:6
You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.
Psalms 22:8
He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.
Psalms 35:15
But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.
Proverbs 11:12
He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.
Lamentations 3:14
I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day.
Matthew 27:29
And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.
Matthew 27:40
You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Matthew 27:44
And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.
Luke 10:16
Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.
Luke 22:63
And the men in whose hands Jesus was, made sport of him and gave him blows.
Luke 22:64
And, covering his eyes, they said to him, Are you prophet enough to say who gave you that blow?
Luke 23:35
And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.
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Isaiah 59:15
Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.
Galatians 3:11
Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.
2 Peter 2:5
And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;
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Job 34:7
What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,
Romans 2:4
Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?
Romans 2:5
But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;
2 Timothy 3:2
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion,
2 Timothy 3:3
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
Jude 1:18
How they said to you, In the last days there will be men who, guided by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things.
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