Job 33:24

Elihu describes God graciously sparing a suffering man from death, having found a ransom for him. It pictures God's mercy that rescues sinners from judgment.

Cross-references · 25

• Ps 49:7–8No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
• Job 33:18to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
• Matt 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
• 1 Pet 1:18–19For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
• 1 Tim 2:6who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
• Rom 5:20–21The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
• Mic 7:18–20Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
• Zech 9:11As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
• Hos 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
• Exod 33:19“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
• Job 22:21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
• Jer 31:20Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
• Isa 38:17–19Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
• Ps 22:4In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
• Exod 34:6–7Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
• Ps 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
• Job 36:18Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
• Ps 71:3Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
• Rom 3:24–26and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
• Ps 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
• Ps 30:9–12“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
• Job 36:10–11He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
• Ps 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
• Ps 40:2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
• Hos 14:2Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.

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