Job 12:4
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 12
“I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.”Job 12:4
What Does Job 12:4 Mean?
Job 12:4 is found in the book of Job, chapter 12, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 12:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Chronicles 4:10“And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.”Psalms 91:15“He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.”Job 30:1“But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.”Genesis 6:9“These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.”Job 1:8“And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?”Job 16:20“My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.”Job 17:2“Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?”Job 17:6“He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.”Job 21:3“Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.”Job 16:10“They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.”Job 30:9“And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.”Psalms 22:7“All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,”Jeremiah 33:3“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”Luke 8:53“And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.”2 Chronicles 30:10“So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.”Job 6:29“Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.”Job 11:3“Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?”Psalms 35:16“With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.”Proverbs 14:2“He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.”Micah 7:7“Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.”
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