Job 24:12

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

Cross-reference

Job 34:28 Contrast

Job 34:28 asserts that God hears the cry of the afflicted — directly contradicting Job 24:12's observation that God charges no one with wrong.

Job 35:9 Related theme

Job 35:9 acknowledges the cries of the oppressed but explains that God does not answer due to pride — offering a reason for the inaction Job observes.

Psalm 12:5 Contrast

Psalm 12:5 declares God will arise to help the needy who groan—directly countering Job's lament that God does not respond.

2 Peter 3:15 calls God's patience 'salvation' — directly contrasting Job's lament that God's inaction means he charges no one with wrong.

Romans 2:4 Contrast

Romans 2:4 reinterprets God's inaction as kindness meant to lead to repentance — contrasting Job's view that God ignores wrongdoing.

Malachi 3:15 echoes the lament that evildoers prosper and escape judgment — just as Job notes God charges no one with wrong.

Malachi 2:17 records people accusing God of calling evil good — the same complaint Job makes when he says God charges no one with wrong.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 explains that delayed justice emboldens evildoers — echoing Job's lament that God charges no one with wrong.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 similarly describes the oppressed with no comforter, echoing Job's observation of unrelieved suffering.

Psalm 50:21 Contrast

Psalm 50:21 addresses God's silence, but explains it as a prelude to rebuke—contrasting with Job's view of neglect.

Exodus 22:27 promises God will hear the poor man's cry because he is compassionate—a stark contrast to Job's experience of divine silence.

Exodus 2:24 Contrast

Exodus 2:24 explicitly says God heard their groaning and remembered his covenant, directly opposing Job's assertion that God ignores the cry.

Exodus 2:23 Parallel

Exodus 2:23 shows the Israelites groaning under slavery, but there God hears their cry—contrasting with Job's claim that God pays no attention.

Exodus 1:14 Parallel

Exodus 1:14 details bitter hard service — parallel to the groaning and cries of the wounded in Job.

Exodus 1:13 Parallel

Exodus 1:13 describes ruthless slavery — the same groaning of oppressed people as in Job's city.

Genesis 4:10 shows God hearing the cry of innocent blood and responding — contrasting Job's claim that God ignores the cries of the suffering.

Psalm 102:20 shows God hearing prisoners' groans, contrasting with Job's lament that God ignores the dying's cries.

Romans 2:5 Related theme

Romans 2:5 warns that delayed judgment stores up wrath — offering a reason for the apparent inaction Job laments.

Judges 10:16 says God became impatient over Israel's misery, showing his compassion—contrasting with Job's perception of God's inattention.