Job 31:23

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

Cross-reference

Job 13:11 Parallel

Job 13:11 asks if God's majesty terrifies — the same dread of divine majesty that Job expresses here.

Job 3:25 Parallel

In Job 3:25, Job's fear of calamity becomes reality—directly echoing his terror in 31:23.

Job 6:4 Parallel

In Job 6:4, Job describes God's terrors attacking him—the same divine terror he fears in 31:23.

Job 9:34 Parallel

In Job 9:34, Job pleads for God to remove dread—the same dread he confesses in 31:23.

Job 23:15 Parallel

In Job 23:15, Job is terrified at God's presence—mirroring his terror of God's majesty in 31:23.

Job 42:6 Parallel

Job 42:6 records Job's repentance — the terror of God's calamity leads to humility and repentance.

Job 42:5 Parallel

Job 42:5 shows Job now seeing God firsthand — the fear of majesty in 31:23 becomes direct encounter.

Job 21:20 Parallel

Job 21:20 wishes the wicked to drink God's wrath — Job's terror of calamity aligns with that same wrath.

Job 20:23 Parallel

Job 20:23 describes God's burning anger on the wicked — Job's fear of calamity echoes this divine judgment theme.

Genesis 39:9 shows Joseph refusing sin because it is against God — Job's fear of God's majesty similarly deters wrongdoing.

Psalm 76:7 Related theme

Psalm 76:7 declares God is to be feared and none can stand before his anger — directly parallel to Job's terror.

Psalm 119:120 expresses trembling fear of God's judgments — directly parallel to Job's terror of calamity from God.

Isaiah 13:6 Allusion

Isaiah 13:6 warns of destruction from the Almighty — the same phrase 'calamity from God' Job fears.

Isaiah 2:10 Parallel

In Isaiah 2:10, people hide from the terror of the LORD and His majesty—directly parallel to Job's terror and inability to face God's majesty.

In Jeremiah 17:17, Jeremiah prays against God being a terror—the same terror Job acknowledges in 31:23.

Joel 1:15 Allusion

Joel 1:15 uses the same phrase 'destruction from the Almighty' — linking personal terror to the coming day of the LORD.

2 Corinthians 5:11 echoes the fear of the Lord as motivation for righteous living — Paul's 'fear of the Lord' parallels Job's terror.

Psalm 77:3 Parallel

In Psalm 77:3, the psalmist moans when remembering God—a similar distress but not identical to Job's terror of calamity.