Job 21:27

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

Cross-references

Job 4:8-11 presents Eliphaz's view that the wicked are destroyed — the very thoughts Job accuses his friends of holding.

Job 5:3–5 Parallel

Job 5:3-5 describes the sudden ruin of the foolish, reflecting the friends' belief that Job is refuting in this verse.

Job 8:3–6 Parallel

Job 8:3-6 asserts that God rewards the righteous and punishes the wicked — the friends' perspective Job challenges.

Job 15:20-35 details the lifelong torment of the wicked, exemplifying the friends' wrongful thoughts Job identifies.

Job 32:3 Historical context

In Job 32:3, Elihu is angry at the friends for condemning Job without answer — confirming that their plans to wrong Job were unjust.

Job 42:7 Historical context

In Job 42:7, God rebukes the friends for not speaking rightly — vindicating Job's claim that they plotted against him.

Job 13:4 Historical context

In Job 13:4, Job calls his friends 'worthless physicians' who whitewash with lies — directly exposing their wrongful plans.

Job 20:19 Parallel

In Job 20:19, Zophar describes the wicked crushing the poor — this is the kind of accusation Job knows they are plotting.

Job 22:5 Parallel

In Job 22:5, Eliphaz directly voices the wrongful accusations Job refers to — 'Is not your wickedness great?'

Job 16:17 Parallel

In Job 16:17, Job asserts his innocence with no violence and pure prayer — contrasting with the friends' accusations.

Job 19:7 Parallel

In Job 19:7, Job cries out for justice against violence — showing his response to the friends' plots.

John 9:3 Contrast

John 9:3 directly contrasts the friends' assumption — Jesus says suffering is not due to sin, but for God's glory.

James 2:4 Parallel

James 2:4 condemns becoming judges with evil thoughts — exactly what Job's friends are doing here.

Psalm 59:4 Related theme

In Psalm 59:4, David complains of enemies attacking without cause — similar to Job's experience of being wronged by his friends' plots.

Luke 5:22 Parallel

Luke 5:22 shows Jesus perceiving thoughts, paralleling Job's claim to know his friends' thoughts — both discern inner motives.

Psalm 119:86 Related theme

In Psalm 119:86, the psalmist is persecuted with falsehood — echoing Job's sense of being wronged by false accusations.