Job 27:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 2:3 : 3 And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.
  • 1 John 3:20-21 : 20 When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things. 21 My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;
  • Ps 18:20-23 : 20 The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him. 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God. 22 For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me. 23 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

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  • Job 27:2-5
    4 verses
    85%

    2 By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;

    3 (For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)

    4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

    5 Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

  • 7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • Job 13:14-15
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    75%

    14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

    15 Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;

  • 11 My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.

  • 11 But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

  • 9 I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;

  • 29 Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.

  • 28 I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

  • 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

  • 10 God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.

  • 10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

  • 22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

  • Job 13:18-19
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    73%

    18 See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.

    19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • Ps 18:23-24
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    23 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

    24 Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

  • 7 Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.

  • 1 <Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

  • Job 34:5-6
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    5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

    6 Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.

  • Job 31:6-7
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    72%

    6 (Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

    7 If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;

  • 24 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

  • 11 So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

  • 24 Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

  • 9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

  • 12 And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever.

  • 17 Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.

  • 20 Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

  • 8 He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.

  • 27 Whom I will see on my side, and not as one strange to me. My heart is broken with desire.

  • 5 If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • 21 For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

  • 2 I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

  • 6 He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble.

  • 8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

  • 16 As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.

  • 2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

  • 3 You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.

  • 30 (For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)

  • 33 The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

  • 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.

  • 9 Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.

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    3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

  • 16 I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

  • 116 Be my support as you have said, and give me life; let not my hope be turned to shame.