Job 36:3

Elihu promises to draw his knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to his Maker. His aim is to vindicate God's justice.

Cross-references · 25

• Jas 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
• Jas 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
• Job 32:8But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
• Ps 145:17Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
• Dan 9:14Therefore has Yahweh watched over the evil, and brought it on us; for Yahweh our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice.
• Dan 9:7Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as it is today; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.
• Ps 11:7For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.
• Deut 32:4The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
• Rev 15:3They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
• Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
• Prov 2:4–5If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
• Job 28:20–24Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
• Rom 9:14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
• Job 34:5For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right:
• Jer 12:1You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
• Matt 2:1–2Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
• Job 34:10–12“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
• Matt 12:42The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.
• Job 32:2Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was kindled because he justified himself rather than God.
• Jas 1:5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
• Job 28:12–13“But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
• Rom 10:6–8But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down);
• Job 37:23We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.
• Acts 8:27–40He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.
• Rom 3:25–26whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;

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