Job 14:16

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

Cross-reference

Job 10:6 Parallel

Job 10:6 echoes the same complaint: God inquires after and searches out Job's sin. Identical theme of divine surveillance.

Job 10:14 Parallel

Job 10:14 repeats the idea that God marks sin and won't acquit. Direct parallel to 'numberest my steps' and watching over sin.

Job 13:27 Parallel

Job 13:27 uses the metaphor of stocks and narrow watching of paths, matching 'numberest my steps' in tone and meaning.

Job 31:4 Parallel

Job 31:4 asks 'Does not he see my ways and count all my steps?' – almost verbatim parallel to 14:16.

Job 33:11 Parallel

Job 33:11 says God puts feet in stocks and marks all paths – same imagery of divine scrutiny as 14:16.

Job 34:21 Related theme

Job 34:21 states God's eyes are on man's ways, seeing all goings – general statement parallel to specific complaint.

Job 7:20 Parallel

Job 7:20 calls God 'watcher of mankind,' directly paralleling the numbered steps and watched sin of Job 14:16.

Job 9:28 Parallel

Job 9:28 shows fear that God will not acquit him, echoing the sense that God watches sin rather than overlooking it.

Job 31:37 Parallel

Job 31:37 says 'I would give an account of all my steps,' a direct verbal echo of the numbered steps in Job 14:16.

Job 33:10 Parallel

Job 33:10 says God 'counts me as his enemy,' relating to the counting of steps—God's personal accounting against Job.

Psalm 139:1-4 celebrates God's intimate knowledge of all steps, contrasting with Job's bitter view of being watched for sin.

Proverbs 5:21 Related theme

Proverbs 5:21 states the Lord ponders all goings – same truth of divine observation, but in a neutral wisdom context vs Job's complaint.

Psalm 139:3 Parallel

Psalm 139:3 says God is 'acquainted with all my ways,' richly expanding the truth that God numbers every step.

Psalm 56:6 Contrast

Psalm 56:6 has enemies marking steps, whereas Job 14:16 has God doing so. Same phrase, different subject.

Jeremiah 32:19 says God's eyes are open to all ways, matching Job's 'number my steps'—both describe divine observation of human conduct.