Job 13:9 · KJV
“Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye {so} mock him?”
— Job 13:9
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
Job 13 — Context
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
8Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
9Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye {so} mock him?
10He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
11Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
Cross References
Galatians 6:7-8
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Jeremiah 17:10
I the LORD search the heart, {I} try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, {and} according to the fruit of his doings.
Psalms 44:21
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Job 17:2
{Are there} not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? {continue: Heb. lodge}
Job 34:36
My desire {is that} Job may be tried unto the end because of {his} answers for wicked men. {My...: or, My father, let Job be tried}
Isaiah 28:22
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
Psalms 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Job 12:16
With him {is} strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver {are} his.