Job 22:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Your purposes will come about, and light will be shining on your ways.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 21:22 : 22 And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.
  • Ps 20:4 : 4 May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your purposes into effect.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.
  • Ps 112:4 : 4 For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
  • Isa 30:21 : 21 And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go.
  • Ps 90:17 : 17 Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.
  • Job 29:3 : 3 When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.
  • Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
  • Jas 4:15 : 15 But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.

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