Cross references

Job 17:5

If a man denounces his friends for a price,

the eyes of his children will fail.

Job 17:5 BSB

Job 17:5 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 12:2–3 (5 votes) and Proverbs 20:19 (3 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Exodus 20 to Jude 1.

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Which verses does Job 17:5 point to?

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  1. They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

  2. He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.

  3. A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

  4. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

  5. Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

  6. Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

  7. Job 11:202 votes

    But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

  8. I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man. For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.

  9. All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

  10. As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

Which verses point to Job 17:5?

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