Job 9:22
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 9:22 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 9:22 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 9:22 — KJV
“This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.”
— Job 9:22 (KJV)
Job 9:22 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 9:22
“There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
Shares key themes with Job 9:22: one, thing, wicked
“Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:22: one, thing, therefore
“Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:22: one, thing, wicked
“And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:22: one, thing, therefore
“Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:22: one, thing, therefore
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