Job 21:14
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Cross-reference
In Job 22:17, Eliphaz quotes the wicked saying 'Depart from us!' — the exact same words as here, showing rejection of God.
In Job 18:21, Bildad declares the wicked will be destroyed — contrasting with their apparent prosperity in Job 21:14.
In Job 34:9, Elihu quotes the same cynical view that serving God is pointless — matching the wicked's words here.
Romans 8:7 describes the fleshly mind as hostile to God, unable to submit—same attitude as the wicked in Job.
In Luke 8:37, the Gerasenes ask Jesus to leave, directly mirroring the wicked's 'Depart from us' in Job.
John 3:19 says people loved darkness rather than light, paralleling the wicked's rejection of God's ways.
John 3:20 describes sinners hating the light and avoiding exposure — the same rejection of God's ways seen in Job 21:14.
John 8:45-47 shows those not of God refusing to hear truth — mirroring the refusal to know God's ways in Job 21:14.
Proverbs 1:29 says they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD—identical to Job's wicked.
Proverbs 1:22 says fools hate knowledge, directly echoing the wicked's lack of desire for God's ways.
John 15:24 says they have seen and hated both Jesus and the Father, directly paralleling the wicked's hatred of God's ways.
Romans 1:28 describes people who did not acknowledge God — the same deliberate rejection of divine knowledge as in Job 21:14.
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 speaks of refusing to love the truth — parallel to the rejection of God's knowledge in Job 21:14.
2 Timothy 4:3 warns of people who will not endure sound teaching — akin to not desiring knowledge of God's ways in Job 21:14.
2 Timothy 4:4 describes turning away from truth to myths — the same turning from God's ways as in Job 21:14.
Hebrews 11:6 states that without faith one cannot please God, contrasting with those in Job who reject knowing His ways.
2 Thessalonians 1:9 describes eternal destruction away from God's presence — the very separation the wicked in Job desire.
Hebrews 3:12 warns against an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from God — exactly the heart described in Job 21:14.
Mark 5:17 records the same event as Matthew 8:34—people begging Jesus to depart, mirroring Job's rejection.
Matthew 8:34 has the townspeople begging Jesus to leave, a direct echo of the wicked's 'depart from us' in Job.
Jeremiah 9:6 directly states they 'refuse to know Me,' a near-identical parallel to Job's 'do not desire knowledge of Your ways.'
In Psalm 119:155, the wicked do not seek God's statutes — directly parallel to the rejection of God's ways in Job 21:14.
In Psalm 119:150, the wicked are far from God's law — echoing the same distance from God expressed in Job 21:14.
In Psalm 73:27, the psalmist declares the wicked will perish — contrasting with their prosperity in Job 21:14.
Jeremiah 44:16 has the people refusing to listen to God's word, matching the defiant rejection in Job.
Proverbs 1:7 says fools despise wisdom and instruction, matching the wicked's rejection of knowledge of God's ways.
In Psalm 12:4, the wicked boast of their own power — a similar rejection of God's authority as in Job 21:14.
Judges 2:10 describes a generation that did not know the Lord — a passive ignorance, while Job 21:14 shows active rejection of knowing His ways.
Hosea 7:13 laments that they have strayed and rebelled against God, similar to the wicked's 'depart from us' in Job.
Isaiah 43:22 shows Israel weary of God and not calling on Him, echoing the same rejection of God seen in Job.
Proverbs 15:12 describes a scoffer who rejects correction, mirroring the wicked's refusal to know God's ways in Job.
In Psalm 94:4, the wicked boast arrogantly — similar to the rejection of God's ways in Job 21:14.
In Psalm 73:9, the wicked speak arrogantly against heaven — parallel to the rejection of God's ways here.
In Psalm 10:4, the wicked in pride do not seek God — similar to those here who tell God to depart.