Job 5:8

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

Cross-reference

Job 8:5 Parallel

Job 8:5 similarly urges seeking God and pleading for mercy, reinforcing Eliphaz's advice to commit one's cause to God.

Job 22:21 Parallel

Job 22:21 advises submission to God for peace, echoing Eliphaz's earlier call to seek God in 5:8.

Job 15:4 Contrast

In Job 15:4, Eliphaz accuses Job of undermining fear of God — a contrasting accusation to the advice of seeking God.

Job 22:27 Parallel

Job 22:27 promises answered prayer and vow fulfillment, echoing the commitment of one's cause to God.

Genesis 32:7-12 shows Jacob praying and committing his way to God, modeling the very action Job speaks of.

Psalm 77:2 Parallel

Psalm 77:2 explicitly says 'I seek the Lord' in trouble, directly paralleling Job's resolve to seek God.

Psalm 37:5 Parallel

Psalm 37:5 commands 'Commit your way to the LORD', nearly identical to Job's intention to commit his cause.

Psalm 50:15 Parallel

Psalm 50:15 calls to call on God in trouble for deliverance, closely paralleling the commitment of one's cause.

In 1 Samuel 24:12, David commits his case to the Lord for judgment — a direct parallel to committing one's cause to God.

Proverbs 16:3 urges 'Commit your work to the Lord' — a strong parallel wisdom principle of entrusting matters to God.

In 1 Peter 2:23, Jesus entrusts himself to the Father who judges justly — a parallel act of committing one's cause to God in suffering.

Psalm 119:154 pleads 'Plead my cause and redeem me' — a parallel request for God to take up one's cause.

Jonah 2:1-7 records a prayer from distress, showing the same turning to God that Job advocates.

1 Peter 4:19 calls those who suffer to entrust their souls to a faithful Creator — echoing the same commitment of one's cause to God.

Psalm 77:1 Parallel

Psalm 77:1 describes crying aloud to God for hearing, a related act of seeking God as in Job 5:8.

2 Chronicles 33:13 shows God hearing Manasseh's plea, illustrating the outcome of seeking God as in Job 5:8.

2 Chronicles 33:12 records Manasseh humbling himself and seeking God in distress, similar to committing one's cause.