John 8:12-20

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I Am the Light of the World

¹²^(A)Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ^(B)“I am the light of the world. Whoever ^(C)follows me will not ^(D)walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” ¹³So the Pharisees said to him, ^(E)“You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.” ¹⁴Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, ^(F)my testimony is true, for I know ^(G)where I came from and ^(H)where I am going, but ^(I)you do not know where I come from or where I am going. ¹⁵^(J)You judge according to the flesh; ^(K)I judge no one. ¹⁶Yet even if I do judge, ^(L)my judgment is true, for ^(M)it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father^[a] who sent me. ¹⁷^(N)In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. ¹⁸I am the one who bears witness about myself, and ^(O)the Father who sent me bears witness about me.” ¹⁹They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, ^(P)“You know neither me nor my Father. ^(Q)If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” ²⁰These words he spoke in ^(R)the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but ^(S)no one arrested him, because ^(T)his hour had not yet come.

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John 8:16 Some manuscripts he

Job 4

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Eliphaz Speaks: The Innocent Prosper

4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

²“If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
    Yet who can keep from speaking?
³Behold, you have instructed many,
    and you have ^(A)strengthened the weak hands.
⁴Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
    and you have ^(B)made firm the feeble knees.
⁵But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
    it touches you, and you are dismayed.
⁶^(C)Is not your fear of God^[a] your ^(D)confidence,
    and the integrity of your ways your hope?

⁷“Remember: ^(E)who that was innocent ever perished?
    Or where were the upright cut off?
⁸As I have seen, those who ^(F)plow iniquity
    and sow trouble reap the same.
⁹By ^(G)the breath of God they perish,
    and by ^(H)the blast of his anger they are consumed.
¹⁰The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion,
    ^(I)the teeth of the young lions are broken.
¹¹The strong lion perishes for lack of prey,
    and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

¹²“Now a word was brought to me stealthily;
    my ear received ^(J)the whisper of it.
¹³Amid ^(K)thoughts from ^(L)visions of the night,
    when ^(M)deep sleep falls on men,
¹⁴dread came upon me, and trembling,
    which made all my bones shake.
¹⁵A spirit glided past my face;
    the hair of my flesh stood up.
¹⁶It stood still,
    but I could not discern its appearance.
^(N)A form was before my eyes;
    there was silence, then I heard ^(O)a voice:
¹⁷^(P)‘Can mortal man be in the right before^[b] God?
    Can a man be pure before his Maker?
¹⁸Even in his servants ^(Q)he puts no trust,
    and his angels he charges with error;
¹⁹how much more those who dwell in houses of ^(R)clay,
    whose foundation is in ^(S)the dust,
    who are crushed like^[c] ^(T)the moth.
²⁰Between ^(U)morning and evening they are beaten to pieces;
    they perish forever ^(V)without anyone regarding it.
²¹Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them,
    ^(W)do they not die, and that without wisdom?’