Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed Him? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.
But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Doe
If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like th
‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the
You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”
If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.