Lamentations 3:39
"Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?"
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- Proverbs 19:3
"The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD."
Read in chapter → - Micah 7:9
"I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 30:15
"Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 4:5
"But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell."
Read in chapter → - 2 Kings 3:13
"And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab."
Read in chapter → - Numbers 11:11
"And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?"
Read in chapter → - Job 11:6
"And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth."
Read in chapter → - Hebrews 12:5
"And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:"
Read in chapter → - Leviticus 26:41
"And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:"
Read in chapter → - Leviticus 26:43
"The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes."
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