Job 16:18

Everything Was Going Well

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Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands,
And my prayer is pure. ¹⁸ 
“O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let there be no [resting] place for my cry [where it will cease being heard].
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“Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven,
And my Advocate [who vouches and testifies for me] is on high.

Cry for Help

Let There Be

My Blood

Job

No

Isaiah 26:21

Listen carefully, the Lord is about to come out of His [heavenly] place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing];
The earth will reveal the [innocent] blood shed upon her
And will no longer cover her slain.

Psalm 66:18-19

If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it],
The Lord will not hear [me];

Ezekiel 24:7

“For her blood [that she has shed] remains in her midst;
She put it on the bare rock;
She did not pour it on the ground
To cover it with dust.

Genesis 4:11

And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s [shed] blood from your hand.

Nehemiah 4:5

Do not forgive their wrongdoing and do not let their sin be wiped out before You, for they have offended the builders [and provoked You].

Job 27:9

“Will God hear his cry
When trouble and distress come upon him?

Isaiah 1:15

“So when you spread out your hands [in prayer, pleading for My help],
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you offer many prayers,
I will not be listening.
Your hands are full of blood!

Isaiah 58:9-10

“Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;
You will cry for help, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away from your midst the yoke [of oppression],
The finger pointed in scorn [toward the oppressed or the godly], and [every form of] wicked (sinful, unjust) speech,

Jeremiah 22:29

“O land, land, land,
Hear the word of the Lord!

James 4:3-4

You ask [God for something] and do not receive it, because you ask with wrong motives [out of selfishness or with an unrighteous agenda], so that [when you get what you want] you may spend it on your [hedonistic] desires.