Job 31:14

“What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?”

"What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?" - Job 31:14
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What does Job 31:14 mean?

Job 31:14 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?" This verse comes from the book of Job, which tells the story of a man who faced great suffering and loss, yet remained faithful to…

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In the Presence of the Divine: A Reflection on Job 31:14

In the book of Job, we find a profound exploration of suffering, integrity, and the enigmatic nature of God’s justice. Among the many statements uttered by Job in his lament—each revealing the depths of human anguish and the inquiry for divine understanding—Job 31:14 stands out…

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A Prayer for Reflection and Accountability Before God

O Sovereign Lord, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, As I come before You in humility and reverence, I am reminded of the profound words of Job: "What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?" (Job 31:14 KJV). This verse resonates…

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Job 31:14 - "What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?"
Job 31:13-14 - "If I have denied justice to my menservants and maidservants when they had a grievance against me, what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?"
Job 31:40 - "Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended."
Job 31:31 - "If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied."
Job 33:31 - "Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak."
Job 31:11 - "For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges."
Job 31:3 - "Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?"
Job 31 take an inventory of his life
Job 31:26 - "If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;"
Job 36:31 - "For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance."
Mateo 14:31
Job 31:32 - "The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller."
Job 31:4 - "Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?"
Job 31:38 - "If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;"
Job 15:31 - "Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence."
Job 38:31 - "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?"
Job 31:5 - "If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;"
Job 31:12 - "For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase."
Job 31:6 - "Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity."
Job 31:33 - "If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:"
Job 30:31 - "My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep."
Job 31:17 - "Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;"
Job 31:2 - "For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?"
Job 31:36 - "Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me."
numbers 31:14-15
Job 31:28 - "This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above."
Job 31:20 - "If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;"
Job 31:19 - "If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;"
Job 31:30 - "Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul."