Bible verse
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
Job 13:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 13.
8 Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
9 Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?
10 Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
11 Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
14 Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
15 Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
16 Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
KJV
Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
ASV
Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.
ERV
Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, your defences are defences of clay.
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