Job 25:4
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Cross-reference
Job 4:17-19 asks the same question about human purity before God, using similar language of 'born of woman' and angels.
Job 9:2 echoes the identical question: 'How can a man be in the right before God?' — a direct parallel.
Job 14:3 questions why God would bring a frail human into judgment — reinforcing the same theme of human unworthiness.
Job 14:4 echoes the same question of human impurity — no one can make clean from unclean, reinforcing Bildad's point.
Job 15:14-16 repeats the 'born of woman' phrase and the theme of human corruption before God.
In Job 14:1, the same 'born of woman' phrase reinforces human frailty and impurity, echoing Bildad's rhetorical question.
1 Corinthians 6:11 shows that through Christ, the impure are washed and justified — directly answering Bildad's question of how a man can be righteous.
Romans 3:19 states the law silences every mouth, making all accountable — echoing the universal human guilt implied in Job.
Ephesians 2:3 affirms that all are 'by nature children of wrath' — echoing Bildad's point about inherent impurity from birth.
Romans 3:20 says no one is justified by works of the law — directly answering Job's question about being just before God.
Romans 5:1 offers the solution: justification by faith brings peace — contrasting with Job's assertion that man cannot be just.
Psalm 143:2 declares 'no one living is righteous before you' — a direct parallel to Job's question.
Psalm 130:3 asks 'who could stand?' if God marked iniquities — same idea of human inability to be righteous.
Psalm 51:5 grounds human impurity in birth itself — 'sinful from conception' — supporting Bildad's claim that no one born of woman is pure.
Galatians 2:16 answers Job's question — justification is by faith in Christ, not by works, contrasting human inability.
Romans 7:18 illustrates Job's point — Paul confesses inability to do good, showing the same human condition.
Titus 3:5 echoes Job's point — salvation is not by our righteous works but by God's mercy, highlighting human inability.
Romans 3:10 directly affirms Job's point: 'None is righteous' — a clear parallel to Bildad's rhetorical question.
Acts 13:39 provides the answer: justification through faith in Jesus, contrasting human inability with divine provision.
John 9:34 accuses the man of being 'born in utter sin', echoing the idea of innate impurity from birth.
John 3:6 contrasts flesh-born (impure) with Spirit-born (pure), directly addressing the 'born of woman' impurity.
Luke 18:19 states only God is good, reinforcing Job 25:4's implication that no human is righteous.
Luke 1:35 contrasts Jesus, born of woman yet holy, with the universal impurity implied in Job 25:4.
Isaiah 64:6 declares even righteous deeds are filthy, amplifying the theme of human unrighteousness before God.
Proverbs 20:9 asks who can claim purity, directly paralleling Job 25:4's question about being righteous before God.
1 John 1:8 confirms Job's premise — claiming to be without sin is self-deception, aligning with Bildad's question.
1 John 1:9 offers forgiveness and cleansing through confession — a remedy for the impurity Bildad declares inescapable.
Zechariah 13:1 promises a future fountain for cleansing — contrasting Bildad's assertion that no one born of woman can be pure.
Genesis 5:3 shows Adam's son born in his fallen likeness — the origin of the 'born of woman' impurity Bildad describes.
1 Corinthians 4:4 reinforces that even a clear conscience does not justify — only God's judgment counts, echoing Job's theme.
Luke 18:14 shows justification through humility, offering a solution to the problem of righteousness raised in Job 25:4.
Leviticus 12:2 associates childbirth with ritual uncleanness — mirroring Bildad's idea that being 'born of woman' implies impurity.