Job 33:24

A Third Way God Warns People

²³ "If there's a messenger appointed to mediate for Job one out of a thousand to represent the man's integrity on his behalf, ²⁴ to show favor to him and to plead, "Deliver him from having to go down to the Pit I know where his ransom is!' ²⁵ Let his flesh be rejuvenated as he was in his youth! Let him recover the strength of his youth.

Go Down to the Pit

Going Down to the Pit

Be Gracious

Job

Job 33:18

sparing his soul from the Pit and his life from violent death.

Exodus 33:19

God said, "I'll cause all my goodness to pass before you, and I'll proclaim the name "the LORD' before you. I'll be gracious to whom I'll be gracious, and I'll show compassion on whom I'll show compassion.

Exodus 34:6-7

The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and filled with gracious love and truth.

Job 22:21

"Get to know God, and you'll be at peace with him, and then prosperity will come to you.

Job 36:10-11

He opens their ears and instructs them, commanding them to repent from evil.

Job 36:18

So that no one entices you with riches, don't let a large ransom turn you astray.

Psalm 22:4

Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted and you delivered them.

Psalm 30:9-12

"What profit is there in my death if I go down to the Pit? Can dust worship you? Can it proclaim your faithfulness?"

Psalm 40:2

He plucked me out of a pit of confusion, even out of the quicksand; he placed my feet on a rock and established my steps.

Psalm 49:7-8

No man can redeem the life of another, nor can he give to God a sufficient payment for him

Psalm 71:3

Be my sheltering refuge where I may go continuously; command my deliverance for you are my rock and fortress.

Psalm 86:5

Indeed you, Lord, are kind and forgiving, overflowing with gracious love to everyone who calls on you.

Psalm 86:13

For great is your gracious love to me; you've delivered me from the depths of Sheol.

Psalm 86:15

But you, Lord, are a compassionate God, merciful and patient, with unending gracious love and faithfulness.

Isaiah 38:17-19

Yes, it was for my own good that I suffered extreme anguish. But in love you have held back my life from the Pit in which it has been confined; you have tossed all my sins behind your back.

Jeremiah 31:20

"Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? Indeed, as often as I've spoken about him, I surely still remember him. Therefore I deeply yearn for him. I'll surely have great compassion on him," declares the LORD.

Hosea 14:2

Bring a prepared speech with you as you return to the LORD. Say to him: "Take away all our iniquity, and accept what is good. Then we will present the fruit of our lips.

Hosea 14:4

"I will correct their apostasy, loving them freely, since my anger will have turned away from them.

Micah 7:18-20

Is there any God like you, forgiving iniquity, passing over transgressions by the survivors who are your heritage? He is not angry forever, because he delights in gracious love.

Zechariah 9:11

Now concerning you and my blood covenant with you, I have liberated your prisoners from a waterless pit.

Matthew 20:28

That's the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."

Romans 3:24-26

By his grace they are justified freely through the redemption that is in the Messiah Jesus,

Romans 5:20-21

Now the Law crept in so that the offense would increase. But where sin increased, grace increased even more,

1 Timothy 2:6

He gave himself as a ransom for everyone, the testimony at the proper time.

1 Peter 1:18-19

For you know that it was not with perishable things like silver or gold that you have been ransomed from the worthless way of life handed down to you by your ancestors,