3 Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor? 4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them. 5 If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
Job 17:3–5
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Lamentations 3:64–66
64 You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. 65 Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them! 66 You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
Psalms 73:14–16
14 For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning. 15 If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children. 16 When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
Romans 11:9–11
9 And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. 10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.” 11 I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not!…
Sirach 29:14–16
14 A good man will be surety for his neighbor. He who has lost shame will fail him. (WEB) 15 Don’t forget the kindness of your guarantor, for he has given his life for you. (WEB) 16 A sinner will waste the property of his guarantor. (WEB)
Isaiah 2:8–10
8 Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made. 9 So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them! 10 Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of Hi…
Job 8:3–5
3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right? 4 When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion. 5 But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
2 Esdras 2:28–30
28 The nations will envy you, but they will be able to do nothing against you, says the Lord. (WEB) 29 My hands will cover you, so that your children don’t see Gehenna. (WEB) 30 Be joyful, mother, with your children, for I will deliver you, says the Lord. (WEB)
Odes of Solomon 28:11–13
11 And they came round me like mad dogs, who ignorantly attack their masters, (ODE) 12 For their thought is corrupt and their understanding perverted. (ODE) 13 But I was carrying water in my right hand, and their bitterness I endured by my sweetness; (ODE)
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