Job 33:17

Elihu Rebukes Job

¹⁶ Then He opens the ears of men,
And seals their instruction,
¹⁷ That He may turn man aside from his conduct,
And keep man from pride;
¹⁸ He keeps back his soul from the pit,
And his life from passing over into Sheol.

Turn Aside

Job

Sin

Genesis 20:6

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

Deuteronomy 8:16

In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end.

2 Chronicles 32:25

But Hezekiah gave no return for the benefit he received, because his heart was proud; therefore wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

Job 17:11

“My days are past, my plans are torn apart,
Even the wishes of my heart.

Isaiah 2:11

The proud look of man will be abased
And the loftiness of man will be humbled,
And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 23:9

The Lord of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty,
To despise all the honored of the earth.

Daniel 4:30-37

The king reflected and said, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?’

Hosea 2:6

“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns,
And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.

Matthew 27:19

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.”

Acts 9:2-6

and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

2 Corinthians 12:7

Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself!

James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.