Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.