4:2 “If someone should attempt a word with you,
will you be impatient?
But who can refrain from speaking?
5:14 They meet with darkness in the daytime,
and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.
6:14 “To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend
even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
8:6 if you become pure and upright,
even now he will rouse himself for you,
and will restore your righteous abode.
8:18 If he is uprooted from his place,
then that place will disown him, saying,
‘I have never seen you!’
9:12 If he snatches away, who can turn him back?
Who dares to say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
9:16 If I summoned him, and he answered me,
I would not believe
that he would be listening to my voice –
10:14 If I sinned, then you would watch me
and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.
10:16 If I lift myself up,
you hunt me as a fierce lion,
and again you display your power against me.
11:14 if iniquity is in your hand – put it far away,
and do not let evil reside in your tents.
13:9 Would it turn out well if he would examine you?
Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?
17:14 If I cry to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My Mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
19:7 “If I cry out, ‘Violence!’
I receive no answer;
I cry for help,
but there is no justice.
19:28 If you say, ‘How we will pursue him,
since the root of the trouble is found in him!’
20:13 if he retains it for himself
and does not let it go,
and holds it fast in his mouth,
21:15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
What would we gain
if we were to pray to him?’
23:8 “If I go to the east, he is not there,
and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.
23:10 But he knows the pathway that I take;
if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.
24:25 “If this is not so, who can prove me a liar
and reduce my words to nothing?”
25:5 If even the moon is not bright,
and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned,
27:12 If you yourselves have all seen this,
Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?
31:13 “If I have disregarded the right of my male servants
or my female servants
when they disputed with me,
31:16 If I have refused to give the poor what they desired,
or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
31:17 If I ate my morsel of bread myself,
and did not share any of it with orphans –
31:19 If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing,
or a poor man without a coat,
31:21 if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan,
when I saw my support in the court,
31:24 “If I have put my confidence in gold
or said to pure gold,
‘You are my security!’
31:26 if I looked at the sun when it was shining,
and the moon advancing as a precious thing,
33:5 Reply to me, if you can;
set your arguments in order before me
and take your stand!
34:14 If God were to set his heart on it,
and gather in his spirit and his breath,
34:32 Teach me what I cannot see.
If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’
35:7 If you are righteous, what do you give to God,
or what does he receive from your hand?
36:11 If they obey and serve him,
they live out their days in prosperity
and their years in pleasantness.
36:12 But if they refuse to listen,
they pass over the river of death,
and expire without knowledge.
37:20 Should he be informed that I want to speak?
If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up!
38:4 “Where were you
when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you possess understanding!
40:23 If the river rages, it is not disturbed,
it is secure, though the Jordan
should surge up to its mouth.
41:8 If you lay your hand on it,
you will remember the fight,
and you will never do it again!