Job 21:14-15, 22:17, 34:9, 35:3, Psa 73:8-13, Isa 58:3, Zep 1:12 | ESV | STEP | They say to God , Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways .

Job 21:14-15

14 They say to God, ^a‘Depart from us!
We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
15 ^bWhat is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what ^cprofit do we get if we pray to him?’

Job 22:17

17 They said to God, ^d‘Depart from us,’
and ^e‘What can the Almighty do to us?’ ^{▼▼Hebrew them}

Job 34:9

9 For ^ghe has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
that he should take delight in God.’

Job 35:3

3 that you ask, ^h‘What advantage have I?
How am I better off than if I had sinned?’

Psalms 73:8-13

8 They scoff and ⁱspeak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
9 They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
10 Therefore his people turn back to them,
and find ^jno fault in them. ^{▼▼Probable reading; Hebrew the waters of a full cup are drained by them}
11 And they say, ^l“How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 Behold, these are the wicked;
always at ease, they ^mincrease in riches.
13 All in vain have I ⁿkept my heart clean
and ^owashed my hands in innocence.

Isaiah 58:3

3 ^p‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, ^{▼▼Or pursue your own business}
^rand oppress all your workers.

Zephaniah 1:12

12 At that time ^sI will search Jerusalem with lamps,
and I will punish the men
^twho are complacent, ^{▼▼Hebrew are thickening on the dregs [of their wine]}
^vthose who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good,
nor will he do ill.’