Job 17:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:19 : 19 The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,
  • Job 34:30 : 30 ...
  • Ps 73:12-15 : 12 Truly, such are the sinners; they do well at all times, and their wealth is increased. 13 As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness; 14 For I have been troubled all the day; every morning have I undergone punishment. 15 If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.

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  • Job 22:19
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    19 The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,

  • Prov 11:6
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    6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

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    6 The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

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  • Job 13:16
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    16 And that will be my salvation, for an evil-doer would not come before him,

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    8 Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

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    42 The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Job 34:30
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    30 ...

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    5 The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Ps 94:21
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    21 They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15 He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

  • Prov 29:27
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    27 An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Job 22:30
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    30 He makes safe the man who is free from sin, and if your hands are clean, salvation will be yours.

  • Job 20:27
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    27 The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

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    28 When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.

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    10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

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    8 The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

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    23 If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.

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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

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    20 At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.

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    9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

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    17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

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    17 He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.

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    12 When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.

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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.