Job, 9

29. [If] I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

Verses related to Job, 9:

Job 9 is a chapter where Job reflects on God's righteousness and how impossible for man to be righteous before him. He questions how a human being can be just before God, who is so powerful and wise. Job also remembers the misery that is passing and how powerless in the face of the situation. Here are five verses related to the topics covered in Job 9:

Psalm 9:7-8: "But the Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne to judge. He himself judges the world with justice; governs the peoples with righteousness." This verse talks about how God is just in his decisions and how he is a righteous ruler.

Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in the Lord of all your heart and do not support yourself in your own understanding; recognize the Lord in all your ways, and He will straighten your paths." This verse talks about trusting God, even when things seem impossible.

Romans 3:23-24: "For all have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God, being justified free of charge by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." This verse talks about how everyone has sinned and cannot be righteous by themselves, but they can be justified through Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 55:8-9: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways my ways, says the Lord. For, just as heaven are higher than the earth, so are my ways the most High than your ways, and my thoughts more than your thoughts. " This verse talks about how God has a greater and higher perspective than that of human beings and how we cannot completely understand their ways.

James 1:2-4: "My brothers, consider the fact that they go through various trials, for you know that proof of your faith produces perseverance. And perseverance must have complete action, so that you may be mature and righteous, without lacking anything. " This verse talks about how trials can help us grow and mature in our faith.