Cross references

Job 42:6

Therefore I despise myself,

and I repent in dust and ashes.”

Job 42:6 BSB

Job 42:6 has 22 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 18 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezra 9:6 (8 votes) and 1 Timothy 1:13–16 (7 votes). 60 other verses point back to it. It links with 27 other books, from Genesis 18 to James 4.

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Which verses does Job 42:6 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Ezra 9:68 votes

    and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

  2. I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy. And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. …

  3. Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. …

  4. Then Job answered the LORD: “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

  5. Job 30:195 votes

    He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

  6. Daniel 9:35 votes

    So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

  7. When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate. …

  8. Job 2:84 votes

    And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

  9. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

  10. After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

  11. Luke 10:134 votes
  12. Isaiah 5:53 votes

Which verses point to Job 42:6?

The 10 strongest of 60.