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 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 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 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 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 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 explicitly says God heard their groaning and remembered his covenant, directly opposing Job's assertion that God ignores the cry.
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 details bitter hard service — parallel to the groaning and cries of the wounded in Job.
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 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.