Job 9:2
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
Cross-references
In Job 4:17, the same question is asked about mortal man being right before God, directly echoing Job 9:2.
In Job 14:4, the impossibility of making clean from unclean reinforces Job 9:2's doubt about human righteousness.
In Job 25:4, Bildad echoes Job's exact question about human righteousness before God, reinforcing the same dilemma.
In Job 32:2, Elihu is angered that Job justified himself—contrasting with Job's admission here that no one can be righteous before God.
In Job 33:9, Elihu quotes Job as claiming purity—directly opposing Job's own humble question about righteousness in this verse.
In Job 34:5, Elihu quotes Job saying 'I am in the right'—contrary to Job's admission here that man cannot be righteous before God.
In Job 11:4, Zophar falsely accuses Job of claiming purity — directly contrasting Job's humble admission that no one can be righteous before God.
In Job 13:18, Job declares he will be in the right — a bold shift from his earlier question about how anyone can be righteous.
In Job 15:14, Eliphaz echoes the same question about human purity — reinforcing the theme that no one is righteous before God.
In Job 14:3, Job questions why God brings him into judgment, relating to the impossibility of being right with God in Job 9:2.
In Romans 3:20, Paul teaches that no one is justified by works—echoing Job's insight that man cannot be righteous before God.
In Psalm 143:2, David says 'no one living is righteous before you'—directly parallel to Job's rhetorical question.
In Psalm 130:3, the psalmist asks 'who could stand?' if God marked iniquities—same theme as Job's question about being righteous before God.
In 1 Kings 8:46, Solomon affirms 'there is no one who does not sin'—paralleling Job's recognition of universal human unrighteousness.
In Galatians 2:16, Paul declares justification by faith — directly answering Job's question of how a man can be righteous before God.
In 1 Corinthians 4:4, Paul notes even a clear conscience doesn't justify — paralleling Job's struggle with God's judgment.
In 1 John 1:8, John warns against claiming sinlessness — confirming Job's implication that no one is without sin before God.
In Romans 3:19, Paul says the law stops every mouth — affirming Job's point that all are accountable and no one is righteous.
In Luke 1:6, Zechariah and Elizabeth are called righteous before God — contrasting Job's assertion that no man can be righteous.
In Ezra 9:15, Ezra confesses 'none can stand before you because of this'—echoing Job's recognition of human inability to be righteous before God.