Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Cross-reference
Job 9:2 asks the same question about human righteousness before God — Eliphaz echoes Job's own earlier words.
Job 14:4 states no one can bring clean from unclean — reinforcing Eliphaz's point about man's impurity.
Job 25:4-6 repeats the same question and imagery of man born of woman — a later echo of Eliphaz's theme.
In Job 4:17, Eliphaz earlier asks the same question about mortal righteousness, forming a direct parallel within the dialogue.
In Job 14:1, Job himself uses 'born of a woman' to describe human frailty and trouble, echoing the same phrase.
Proverbs 20:9 poses the same rhetorical question — no one can claim a pure heart, reinforcing Job's point about human inability to be righteous.
In 1 John 1:8-10, the apostle affirms universal sinfulness, directly aligning with the rhetorical question about human purity.
Galatians 3:22 declares all are imprisoned under sin — confirming the universal sinful condition implied in Job's rhetorical question.
Romans 7:18 confesses no good dwells in human flesh — echoing Job's assertion that man born of woman cannot be righteous.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 states plainly that no one is sinless — confirming the premise behind Job's rhetorical question.
1 Kings 8:46 affirms that no one is without sin — supporting Eliphaz's claim of universal human unrighteousness.
2 Chronicles 6:36 echoes the same universal sinfulness — Solomon admits no one is without sin, just as Job's question implies human impurity.
Psalm 51:5 traces sin to conception, explaining why no one born of woman can be pure — exactly the point of Job's question.
Psalm 14:3 declares no one does good — directly affirming Job's implication that no human is pure or righteous.
Luke 18:19 states no one is good except God alone, paralleling Job's point that man cannot be pure or righteous.
Philippians 3:9 speaks of righteousness not from self but from God — directly addressing the lack of human righteousness implied in Job 15:14.
Romans 3:10 directly states 'there is none righteous' — a clear parallel to Eliphaz's rhetorical question about human righteousness.
In Psalm 58:3, the psalmist states the wicked go astray from birth, directly reinforcing the idea of innate sinfulness.
Mark 7:21 lists evil thoughts from within, confirming Job's view that humans cannot be pure by nature.
Jeremiah 17:9 describes the heart as deceitful and sick, paralleling Job's claim that no one born of woman can be pure.
Isaiah 64:6 declares all our righteous deeds are filthy, strongly reinforcing the universal sinfulness in Job.
In Genesis 8:21, God declares man's heart evil from youth, directly supporting Eliphaz's claim that no one is pure.
Psalm 143:2 echoes that no living person is righteous before God, reinforcing Job's point about human impurity.
In Psalm 130:3, the psalmist asks who could stand if God marked iniquities, paralleling the question of human purity.
Hebrews 2:6 quotes the same opening question 'What is man?' but in a different context about God's care, not righteousness.
1 Corinthians 4:4 acknowledges Paul is not justified by his own conscience — consistent with the idea that no one is inherently righteous.
Titus 3:5 declares salvation not by works of righteousness — echoing the insufficiency of human righteousness in Job 15:14.